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The issue of contaminated food is no longer present today. However, there is still the issue of food-borne illnesses and unsafe drugs, where unsafe drugs are a new problem. Even though most of all the issues during the Progressive Era have stopped not all are actually gone and there are still some problems present today.

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During the Progressive Era there were mostly individual people who tried to change the issues and fight for causes like Upton Sinclair and Alice Hamilton. Along with the FDA being created during this era to protect against the food and safety issues. However, now there are more organizations like the FDA and CT Department of Health than individual people to fix problems. These organizations help the causes by using new technology and different ways of exposing truths and illuminating problems whereas during the progressive the reformers exposed the truth by writing books or taking pictures.

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Some of the biggest issues today are unsafe drugs being approved and sold and food borne illness even though the illnesses are rare to have today. When foodborne illnesses are present they commonly occur from undercooked meat, fish, and eggs.

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The FDA is a federal agency that works for better health and safety for the public. It ensures safety with drugs, the nation's food supply, and products that put people in harm. Another organization that works to help the health and safety issues is the CT Department of Health and Human Services. This organization provides services and programs to protect residents and visitors in places like nursing homes. It also protects against diseases like the CoronaVirus.

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The current goal of the FDA is to keep approving food additives in food that people eat. they will continue to run tests that make sure the food being sold is safe and follow the restrictions.

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The food was contaminated and there was a lack of healthcare. Live rats and humans would fall into the meat and contaminate it. Along with chemicals and unhealthy substances. The people who made the food also dyed the meat to look healthy when it actually was infected. For example, they used to send out rotten meat to the public. Additionally, the working conditions were also not good quality. Meat was slaughtered in gross and dirty factories.

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Upton Sinclair was a main reformer and a muckraker. In 1906 he wrote a book called the Jungle to inform people of the horrors of the food industry. He used the book to show the terrible working and food conditions to the public and make a change to better everyone's health. Additionally, another reformer that helped during this issue was Alice Hamilton. She was an expert in the healthcare field. Upton Sinclair exposed the truth about the food issues and Alice Hamilton exposed the truth about the health issues for the humans. She studied diseases and anything that could harm a person. Alice Hamilton didn't just work for issues like health and safety she also worked for women's suffrage, conservations, and much more.

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The government created the Meat Inspection Act in 1906, the Pure Food Act, and the Nursing program. They were all used as a solution to the unhealthiness of the food they were given and to keep the public safer. For example, the Meat Inspection Act prevented contaminated meat and other foods from being sold along with the Pure Food Act. The Visiting Nurse Program focused on the safety and healthcare of the public, especially the elders. It provided better healthcare services and education for many ages.

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During the progressive Era there were bigger problems and issues that needed to be stopped and the only way for that to happen was to place laws to keep everyone safe. However, due to those laws that led to more safety now and there is no need for laws today. Today since there are not as many problems to fix there is not much needed to change the issues. For example, what organizations do now is check to make sure the food is safe to eat before being put in grocery stores and safe to eat.