Botched beer kills 70 in 1900's England

In 1900, more than 6,000 

people in England were poisoned by 

arsenic-tainted #beer, with more than 

70 of the afflicted dying as a result. 

The food safety crisis was 

caused by arsenic entering the 

supply chain through 

impure sugar which had been 

made with contaminated sulphuric acid. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_English_beer_poisoning