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TIL that in 1937 a massive demand for sulfa, the first and only effective broad-spectrum antibiotic available before penicillin, and nonexistent testing requirements led to a mass poisoning with over 100 deaths. This led to the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1938.

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