# Deborah Blum

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Early forensics and crime-solving chemists - Deborah Blum

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/early-forensics-and-crime-solving-chemists-deborah-blumIn a CSI age, we take forensic science for granted. New York did not have a medical examiner or forensic toxicologist until 1918, whose eventual arrival changed the landscape of crime investigation fo…

Steve Mandernach previews AFDO 26 and discusses AI, FDA Collaboration, and the Future of Food Safety

In this episode of Beyond Data Management, Cameron Garrison welcomes back Steve Mandernach, Executive Director of AFDO, for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of food safety regulation, inspections, training, and technology.Steve previews the upcoming AFDO conference in Columbus, including m…

May Day 1914 | Ep 10

Veracruz, the Ludlow Massacre, Bill Haywood, the IWW, and Rockefeller. All are "In the News" at the beginning of May - 1914. After the Ludlow Massacre in April 1914, Picketers head down to Standard Oil headquarters at 26 Broadway to protest the Rockefellers. One of these protestors is famous noveli…

Encore of Ep. 35: Creature Comforts

This week, Hidden Brain considers the power of touch. First, Alison MacAdam tells us the story of her security blanket, called Baba. Then, Shankar interviews writer Deborah Blum about groundbreaking experiments into the importance of affection for young children. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz co…

Episode 35: Creature Comforts

This week, Hidden Brain considers the power of touch. First, Alison MacAdam tells us the story of her security blanket, called Baba. Then, Shankar interviews writer Deborah Blum about groundbreaking experiments into the importance of affection for young children. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz co…

The Poison Squad

In 1902, twelve young men volunteered for a government experiment. They agreed to eat food laced with chemicals like formaldehyde, borax, and salicylic acid every day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They were called The Poison Squad. Deborah Blum’s book is The Poison Squad. Say hello on Facebo…

The Formula

On Christmas Eve in 1926, a man came running into Bellevue Hospital in New York screaming that Santa Claus had been chasing him for blocks with a baseball bat. Not long after that, he died. And then another person arrived in the emergency room. And then another. This started happening in emergency …

106: The History of Food Safety Part 3: The Poison Squad, The Worlds Fair, and Upton Sinclair

Hello! In This weeks Episode we are going to be continuing our look at the history of food safety. This week we are looking at the Poison Squad experiments themselves, Harvey's continued work in making the Public Aware of the state of food, and a trail on canned beef. In the two previous parts of …

US update, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Poisoner's Handbook

Daniel McCarthy brings us an update on the gubernatorial elections in the US, historian Elizabeth Leake on what role the CIA played in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and we revisit a classic from the LNL archives: Deborah Blum on the invention of modern forensic medicine.

Food Intelligence Audiobook by Julia Belluz

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Food IntelligenceSubtitle: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms UsCategories: Agri-Food System, Biology, Food Science, NourishmentAuthor: Julia BelluzNarrator: Barrie KreinikPublisher: WildfireRelease date: 09-23-2025…