Historical Events tagged with "sweets"
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Health & Medicine
Tragic Arsenic Poisoning in Bradford Sweets
October 30th, 1858 166 years ago
Around 20 individuals in Bradford, England, succumbed to arsenic poisoning after mistakenly consuming sweets that had been contaminated with arsenic trioxide. This incident arose during a time when manufacturing processes lacked strict controls. The affected candies were likely meant for public sale, contributing to the widespread impact of this contamination. The tragedy highlighted significant deficiencies in food safety regulations at that time.
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