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Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Carl L. Alsberg, UC Berkeley, Unknown

Carl L. Alsberg (April 2, 1877 October 31, 1940) was an American chemist who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1912 to 1921. After…

Tags: Adulteration, Carl Alsberg, Chemistry, Coca-Cola, FDA, Monsanto, Safety

Fireworks Information Center, Consumer Product Safety Commission: Fireworks Information Center, CSPC, 2016

Fireworks are synonymous with our celebration of Independence Day. Yet, the thrill of fireworks can also bring pain. 240 people on average go the…

Tags: Fireworks, Safety, Security

Food and Drug Administration, Contaminated Ketchup, National Archives, 1909

"This 1909 record from the FDA shows a bottle of ketchup that was found to be contaminated. The caption reads “Made from Decomposed Material.…

Tags: Eating, FDA, Ketchup, Safety

Food and Drug Administration, Candy Factory Inspection, National Archives, 1908

"Before the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, factories such as these were unsanitary and exhibited “horrific conditions.” Inspection required that they…

Tags: Candy, Eating, Factories, FDA, Safety

Lipton, Lipton's Coffee Label, National Archives, 1906

"After the Pure Food and Drugs Act passed in 1906, labels began to cater to sensitive consumers. This coffee label promises “absolutely pure coffee…

Tags: Coffee Label, Eating, FDA, Safety

Maryland State Fireman's Association, Wylie Donaldson Jr., Maryland State Fireman's Association, Unknown

Wylie Donaldson Jr. is the Vice President of the Odenton, Maryland Volunteer Fire Department and winner of the National Volunteer Fire Council’s…

Tags: Firefighting, Local, Maryland, Safety, State, Volunteerism

NASA, NASA Safety/Health Reporting Sequence, NASA, 2017

Everyone at NASA is responsible for using established procedures to report suspected safety or health hazards to appropriate officials. No employee…

Tags: Hazards, Health, NASA, Safety, Space

National Archives, Tenement House Act, National Archives, ca. 1900

In 1867, 495,000 people in New York City were living in tenement buildings. Overcrowding (in some areas, a population density of 240,000 people per…

Tags: Housing, New York, NYC, Overcrowding, Safety, Tenement House

Part of the Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller scrapbooks, Florence Kelley, Secretary, National Consumers' League, Library of Congress, Undated

To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.
Florence Kelley, National Consumers League…

Tags: Child Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Florence Kelley, National Consumers' League, Safety, Workers

Salem News, Unsung Heroine Program, Salem News, 2012

Victoria Budson, left, chairwoman of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, meets with Kimberly Flynn at the end of the Unsung Heroines…

Tags: Massachusetts, Mental Illness, Safety, Unsung Heroines, Victoria Budson, Women, Workers