TY  - JOUR
T1  - DR. wiley and benzoate of soda
Y1  - 1909/02/13
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.02540330044005
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 562
EP  - 563
VL  - LII
IS  - 7
N2  - The referee board appointed by President Roosevelt to review some of the decisions made by the Bureau of Chemistry, according to press reports, has reversed the findings of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley regarding the harmfulness of benzoate of soda as a food preservative. The first question to engage the attention of this board was that dealing with the influence of sodium benzoate on the nutrition and health of man; the larger — and to the public, the more important—question as to the fraud which the use of this chemical permits manufacturers to impose on the consumer, has not yet been dealt with. Briefly stated, the referee board—the scientific attainments and unimpeachable reputation of whose personnel requires that its decisions be given the most thoughtful consideration — has, in a series of experiments on "poison squads" extending over a period of four months, reached results diametrically opposite to those arrived at
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.02540330044005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540330044005
ER  -