The Poison Squad is a documentary directed by John Maggio in 2020 and based on the book The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum, first published in 2018. The documentary features Anton Bilan, Krystof Bernard Hájek, Martin Jáchim, Mariia Khubezhova, Barbora Mudrová, Jáchym Novotný, and others.
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Storyline
Chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley confronts food manufacturers in a crusade to eliminate hazardous substances jeopardizing the health of consumers. This effort lays the groundwork for U.S. consumer protection laws and the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration.
Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
110
Movie Rate
8.20
Source: IMDb
Year
2018
Pages
330
Book Rate
7.84
S: Goodreads
Book
The Poison Squad
Subtitle: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Author: Deborah Blum
Country: USA
First published in: 2018
Length: 330 pages
Genre: Biography
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“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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