TS Biased Transmission Tonight: recent food scares--melamine, mercury, salmonella--and what can be done about it

[Danny L. Yeager]

On today's Biased Transmission on KEOS 89.1 FM 6-7 PM we'll have a 
discussion with James E. McWilliams who is an associate professor of 
history at Texas State University at San Marcos and a fellow at Yale 
University's Agrarian Studies Program. Dr. McWilliams is a historian 
of food and culture, specializing in colonial America, and is a 
frequent contributor to the Texas Observer, Washington Post, and the 
New York Times, writing on a variety of issues related to food, past 
and present. His most recent book is American Pests: The Losing War 
on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT . This is his second appearance 
on Biased Transmission. In November he discussed pest control 
strategies before synthetic chemicals, Thaddeus Harris and his role 
in applied entomology, the first entomologists and their goals, why 
the transition to synthetic chemicals took place when it did, the 
connection between warfare and insecticides, how chemicals companies 
avoided public criticism, the fight over the health implications of 
chemical insecticides, and DDT and Rachel Carson's impact.

On tonight's show he'll discuss recent food scares--melamine, 
mercury, salmonella--and what can be done about it.

It should be an interesting and informative show. Tune in if you can 
to Biased Transmission on KEOS 89.1 FM 6-7 PM tonight.

One final note: on Thursday, February 12, Dr. McWilliams will give a 
free lecture entitled "Rice, Beans & Cornbread: The African 
Influences on American Cuisine", in Kleberg 126 at Texas A&M 
University, from 11:30-1 as part of the CommUnity Conversations series..


Danny Yeager

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