Food impurities and their effect on violence in society†

Substance of a lecture given at the National Conference on “Crime and Violence”; held on March 16, 1971, at the Royal Society of Medicine, London (U.K.), under the aegis of the Institution of Environmental Sciences (Editor).

Abstract

Food and violence are not usually considered in association but over the ages outbreaks of food poisoning have occurred, in some cases associated with violence, and in the light of modern knowledge explanations are possible for these. The effect of alcohol, fluoride, lead, cadmium, solanine and phytic acid as well as other impurities, some naturally occurring, are touched upon particularly where violence may result from disordered metabolism. Finally, fungi are mentioned and poisoning by ergot with a possible explanation of the murder of Sir J. Drummond and his family are put forward.

Notes

Substance of a lecture given at the National Conference on “Crime and Violence”; held on March 16, 1971, at the Royal Society of Medicine, London (U.K.), under the aegis of the Institution of Environmental Sciences (Editor).