When we send off make-up for testing, the lab finds an asbestos fibre.
When talc might be listed as a carcinogen, the industry assembles a ‘talc task force’.
Could companies clean up their talc?
In the 1970s, a scientist discovers asbestos fibres in talcum powder.
After a cancer diagnosis, Hannah Fletcher asks if her make-up contained asbestos.
Is there asbestos in make-up?
Our story ends at the very top, with a fax to the White House.
Oil money is pumped to scientists and think tanks in the bid to make it a culture war.
A climate change sceptic realises he’s been getting it wrong
In the battle for public opinion, the scientists were no match for a well-oiled PR machine
‘Unless climate change becomes a non-issue…there may be no moment we can declare victory’
As the world’s scientists agree on man-made climate change, oil companies form a coalition
As the evidence against tobacco mounts, the court suits mount up. Tobacco keeps winning.
The tobacco industry’s white coats are ready, the battle of science vs science begins.
In 1953 PR and tobacco execs draw up a plan to fight claims that smoking causes cancer.
From climate change to smoking and cancer, this is the story of how to manufacture doubt.
From climate change to smoking, this is the story of how doubt has been manufactured.