Consumer Protection Expands
American Chamber of Horrors
Nonfiction work
By: Ruth deForest Lamb
Date: 1936
Source: Lamb, Ruth deForest. American Chamber of Horrors. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1936, 123–127.
About the Author: Ruth deForest Lamb was the chief education officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during at era when the public was being deluged with advertisements for quack remedies and useless and sometimes dangerous devices, cosmetics, and regimes. Her book, along with the work of other FDA officials, was instrumental in convincing the U.S. Congress to pass the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
of 1938
Law
By: U.S. Congress
Date: 1938
Source: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. Sec. 351.—Adulterated drugs and devices. Available at...
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