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SUMMARY:Green beef and purple ham - chemical colours in Victorian food - C
 arolyn Cobbold\, Faculty of History
DTSTART:20150505T121000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Duncan Needham
DESCRIPTION:Synthetic dyes were one of a kaleidoscope of new substances\, 
 including drugs\, flavourings\, sweeteners and perfumes\, synthesized by E
 uropean chemists from coal-tar waste in the second half of the nineteenth 
 century.  The new chemical dyes were greeted by the Victorian media as evi
 dence of the wonder of science and its ability to transform and improve li
 ves.  Within a short time these new substances\, many of them toxic\, were
  being used to colour Victorian food\, despite the fact that food adultera
 tion was a massive social and political issue at this period.  This talk e
 xamines how the Victorian media responded to the use of aniline dyes in fo
 od.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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