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TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths (en.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] Badeendje@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is exactly what deregulation leads to. People seem to forget that regulations have a reason, just like vaccines have a reason. Granted some regulations are heavy handed or just overbearing, but then tweak them.. don't remove regulations because we never had someone do what it was designed to prevent.

[โ€“] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Every safety standard in every type of business or just in life in general is written in blood.