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Contaminated and toxic beer: how 18th-century pollution poisoned beer in London

Contaminated and toxic beer: how 18th-century pollution poisoned beer in London

Battle for the cleanliness of brewing in the industrial age In the lively heart of the 18th century London, a strange alliance was created-between beer and pollution. While but also the porter became staples of urban life, the environmental realities quickly industrializing the city began to shape a way in which, and even if beer […]