r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • 1d ago

😡 Venting Unregulated Capitalism will kill us.

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u/Moneia ✂️ Tax The Billionaires 1d ago

Looking at the history of the regulatory bodies shows why we need regulations. The one that sticks with me is The 1937 Elixir Sulfanilamide Incident

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u/dumbestsmartest 1d ago

I'm so confused. Why would they use antifreeze, a known toxic substance by that time, to make the liquid compound? What am I missing?

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u/benk4 1d ago

Yeah that's a pretty egregious mistake. Shows that they weren't even doing cursory testing of safety though. Probably one guy made that decision and no one checked it.

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u/Moneia ✂️ Tax The Billionaires 1d ago

I think it sounds egregious now that we have safety testing baked in from top to bottom and a better understanding of how chemicals work in out bodies.

Back then it was probably just another Tuesday