Sinclair, Upton

Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. New York Modern Library, 2002. 

Pure Food and Dmgs Act (Upton Sinclair s The Jungle)... 

Sometimes alchemy means toxic chemistry, linked to the evils of capitalism. For instance, in a highly ironic passage from The Jungle, Upton Sinclair writes ... 

Fig 3. Schematic dose-response curves for incidence of tumors in relation to dose and dose rate of high-LET and low-LET radiation, (from Upton, 1984 also see Thomson etal., 1982 Sinclair, 1983). 

One of the first significant empowerments of the fledgling FDA was when Congress enacted the Food and Drug Act (also known as the Wiley Act) in 1906 directed to address unhygienic conditions in Chicago s meat-packing plants (see Upton Sinclair s... 

It was not until 1883, however, with the appointment of Dr. Wetherill as chief chemist, that these investigations were greatly expanded. Under Dr. WetherilTs leadership, the Bureau of Chemistry completed a widely publicized study analyzing the effects of food additives. However, it was ultimately a novel, rather than scientific evidence, that galvanized public attention. In 1906, Upton Sinclair published The Jungle, a candid depiction of the filthy conditions in the U.S. meat-packing industry. ... 

The meat inspection law was passed in 1906, largely in response to the publication of The Jungle. Upton Sinclair s book describing the unsanitary environment in which seme food was produced at that time. Since that time the general level of sanitation acceptable by the meat and poultry industries and by society in general, has greatly improved. The animals are more uniformly healthier. Inspectors are far less often confronted with conditions that are This chapter not subject to U.S. copyright Published 1990 American Chemical Society... 

He did, twice, returning to Berlin between, dining in Southern California with CharUe Chaplin, viewing a rough cut of Sergei Eisenstein s death-obsessed film Que Viva Mexico with its sponsor Upton Sinclair. As his second visit approached, in December, Einstein was ready to reassess his future I decided today, he wrote in his diary, that I shall essentially give up my Berlin position and shall be a bird of passage for the rest of my life. ... 

Gebrauchsliteratur was itself part of a larger trend that has come to be known as the New Objectivity, or Neue Sachlichkeit, and which was crucially influenced by the reception of American culture in Germany during the 1920S. The works of Sinclair Lewis and especially Upton Sinclair left a lasting impression upon the literature of the Weimar Republic and led... 

---