{"product_id":"9781982190170","title":"Poisoned","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Jeff Benedict\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781982190170\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Sep 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A STREAMING DOCUMENTARY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Jeff Benedict, the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTiger Woods\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dynasty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoisoned\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the events surrounding the worst food-poisoning epidemic in US history: the deadly Jack in the Box \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e infections in 1993.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn December 24, 1992, six-year-old Lauren Rudolph was hospitalized with excruciating stomach pain. Less than a week later she was dead. Doctors were baffled: How could a healthy child become so sick so quickly? After a frenzied investigation, public-health officials announced that the cause was \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e O157:H7, and the source was hamburger meat served at a Jack in the Box restaurant. During this unprecedented crisis, four children died and over seven hundred others became gravely ill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePoisoned\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning investigative journalist and #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Jeff Benedict delivers a jarringly candid narrative of the fast-moving disaster, drawing on access to confidential documents and exclusive interviews with the real-life characters at the center of the drama—the families whose children were infected, the Jack in the Box executives forced to answer for the tragedy, the physicians and scientists who identified \u003ci\u003eE. coli\u003c\/i\u003e as the culprit, and the legal teams on both sides of the historic lawsuits that ensued. \u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eA Civil Action\u003c\/i\u003e in this riveting account of how we learned the hard way to truly watch what we eat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46601212002462,"sku":"HPC-9781982190170","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781982190170.jpg?v=1773293680","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781982190170","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}