1858: Swill milk scandal 1905: American meat scandal due to the publishing of Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle". 1963: Birth defects by thalidomide[9] 1981: Toxic oil syndrome or simply toxic syndrome[10] HIV/AIDS[11][12][13][14] 1996: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease[15] 1998: Doñana disaster, also known as the Aznalcollar Disaster or Guadiamar Disaster[16] 2001: Anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax[17] 2003: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)[18] 2004: Avian influenza (H5N1), sometimes avian flu, and commonly bird flu[19] 2006: Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump[20] Trans fat toxicity[21] 2007: Lead paint on toys from China[22] 2008: The 2008 Chinese milk scandal was a food safety incident in China, involving milk and infant formula, and other food materials and components, adulterated with melamine.