Upton Sinclair

But herein lies the countless love crafting horrors that are various pathogens, can contaminate our food

and if you want to kind of look at some of the early part of that i recommend you have you read the jungle by upton sinclair yeah if you want to look at kind of as we're moving into this more mechanized world of of food production and what that looked like at the turn of the last century that's a really it's an amazing amazing read yeah yes

yeah According to the Centers for Disease Control in the US, they actively monitor and report on foodborne outbreaks, with the top five most common trash contaminants being clavulobacter, E. coli, listeria, salmonella, and botulism.

Mm-mm.

This isn't just US, this is everyone.

And I also want to point out that the reason in the US that these organizations were formed was specifically because, and we've talked about this in past episodes before, giant lobbyists for food safety, you know, all the big organizations, big... big companies who knocked down something crazy like 150 bills in a 50-year period regarding food safety.

And it actually wasn't until Upton Sinclair's The Jungle that people got mad enough that they started pushing through these legislations, which ultimately ended up in the creation of these protections for us.

Exactly.

I mean, maybe Chris is, is intimating that it's been with us forever, but Casey on the way here, we were talking about this article as we were driving towards Steubenville and Casey was, you know, Casey, did you feel like this is a new problem?

Dude, this is the modern updated version of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

It's just pulling back the curtain, exposing the chocolate industries.

Like milk,

Going back, given how freaked out people are about socialists this cycle, I went back to be like, where did political attack come from? 1934.

People making newsreels about Upton Sinclair, who was running for governor of California.

It's really interesting.

You can see these newsreels of people who may or may not have been real And they're just doing the same things we see now.

The people who look like immigrants and look scary or have accents or whatever, they're the people who are for the socialist.

And the people who look nice in their suits are like, no, I don't think so.

Mr. Branson, have you decided who you're going to vote for? Yes, sir, for Upton Sinclair.

Have you any reasons why? Why? Because I believe he's the best man for the job.