Their landmark work, Deceit and Denial, documented how industries understood the dangers of lead long before the public did and how scientific uncertainty was often amplified to delay action.
> The same themes ran through their work on silica and vinyl chloride. They chronicled how workers developed silicosis, cancer, and other occupational diseases while industries debated standards, questioned evidence, and insisted more study was needed.

https://blanphear.substack.com/p/how-rosner-and-markowitz-revealed
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/HT #TomDispatch

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