On November 9th, 1959, the Secretary of Health informed the public that a small portion of the cranb
On November 9th, 1959, the Secretary of Health informed the public that a small portion of the cranberry crop from the Pacific Northwest had recently tested positive for the herbicide, which caused abnormal growths in lab rats. He had a message for the consumer (that is, the “housewife”): if she couldn’t determine the origin of her berries, “to be on the safe side, she doesn’t buy.”A $50 million dollar a year business collapsed overnight. Read the full story, “The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959,” here. -- source link
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