Frontispiece from the book, written by an FDA Public Information official, Ruth deForest Lamb, by the same name as the exhibit. Kallet and Schlink's book on consumer frauds in the food, drug and cosmetic field contributed the name "guinea pig muckrakers" to the Depression era legislative battle. In contrast with the muckraker journalists who fought for enactment of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, it was consumer organizations, led by these so-called "guinea pig muckrakers" who supported passage of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

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