Single taste tests tend to ignore that in many instances, drinking one glass of contaminated water might not have any adverse effects, versus the dangers of prolonged exposure of people living permanently in the communities, experts say.
scandal that killed thousands of infants nationwide. Ray also noted Britain's agriculture minister trying to feed his daughter a hamburger to undercut concerns over mad cow disease in 1990 and Peruvian officials attempting to prove the spread of cholera in raw fish was overhyped by eating it live on television a year later.
Ray says living in Kentucky, he’s seen Devil’s Milkshakes consumed in person, including in Martin County, where the water was so contaminated it. Attending a town hall there, Ray recalled, “I think to both show that no changes needed to be made and also to kind of quell a lot of the opposition, a public official kind of ran to the front of the room and demanded a glass of water to demonstrate.”
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