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MSG Panic: Science, Bias, and Food Safety
A single 1968 letter to a medical journal helped launch fifty years of fear about MSG. The views clash over whether the panic was a baseless mistake, a product of anti-Asian bias, or a warning about real health risks that science has yet to close. Trace how the scare spread and decide for yourself what belongs in your food.
MSG · 35 stops · ~70 minFree