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First thing that came to mind is Upton Sinclair's The Jungle which led to, among other things, the creation of the FDA.
That wasn't his goal though; he's quoted as saying: "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
I know, the whole book is about how America is a giant con to get immigrants to come over so they can be exploited for profit then left to die with they can no longer work 12 hour shifts, meanwhile they get to watch their kids get poisoned by companies, ran over by commercial trucks and robbed of any dignity or chance they deserve.
Instead people read it and were like 'omg some filthy polacks finger could be in my sausage, that's disgusting!'
Theres still on average about 2 amputations per week across the US meat packaging industry. People are still getting maimed and killed doing a job that pays shit. You just don't eat as much of them as you used to...
There was a minor news story about a decade ago about Tyson getting caught employing minors on the meat packing floor.
Damn, shrinkflation hitting everything