{"product_id":"poisoned-jeff-benedict-9781982190170","title":"Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Benedict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982190175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982190170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.54w x 0.82d","brand":"Jeff Benedict","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071026131199,"sku":"9781982190170","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_077ccadf-2781-489b-b4c0-5ab1401e2a28.jpg?v=1685433721","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poisoned-jeff-benedict-9781982190170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}