Vanilla ice cream in a cone with chocolate syrup and sprinkles. Sound amazing, right?
Well think again! Our listeners Signe and Line have informed us that ice cream contains beaver butt, and we've put Mark on the case! The ice cream might also contain poison! A very real threat about a hundred years ago when the Poison Squad was founded to show the world that they were about to die from food.
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References:
G. A. Burdock (2007) Safety Assessment of Castoreum Extract as a Food Ingredient
Vanilla ice cream in a cone with chocolate syrup and sprinkles. Sound amazing, right?
Well think again! Our listeners Signe and Line have informed us that ice cream contains beaver butt, and we've put Mark on the case! The ice cream might also contain poison! A very real threat about a hundred years ago when the Poison Squad was founded to show the world that they were about to die from food.
Check out our merchandise bit.ly/spækshop
Rate us on iTunes! bit.ly/spækitunes
Send us water-hilarious science (it's an inside joke) or ask a question on facebook, twitter, or to spaekbraettet@gmail.com
It's our own music now, baby!
References:
G. A. Burdock (2007) Safety Assessment of Castoreum Extract as a Food Ingredient
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