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To one up the backward Romans who enjoyed eating one particular poison to flavour their food .... we developed hundreds of new chemical compounds and substances where we know the side effects, some we have clue what will do to people and others that we will find out the negative effects of in a hundred years time.
Now excuse me while I dine on my scientifically flavoured Doritos made with edible pulp and my chemically enhanced and sweetened Mountain Dew.
I for one welcome the poison