Industrial-Strength Denial
by Barbara Freese · first published 2020
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"This book tells the stories of eight major campaigns of corporate denial-the lies, delusions, and rationalizations that emerge when people working in competitive, profit-driven group enterprises are faced with powerful evidence that they are causing harm. Tobacco is the poster-child of this phenomenon, but denial comes from people selling many other risky products, creating workplace hazards, or releasing dangerous pollutants. In almost every case, the story begins with an exciting discovery-of, for example, a New World, a new element or chemical, a new means of mass production, or a new way
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The article mentioned Merchants of Doubt. I recommend following it up with Industrial Strength Denial https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Strength-Denial-Corporatio..., which documents similar practices supporting industries like leaded gas, radium (promoted for health including injecting it and using it…
on “Oatly: The New Coke?” ↗…write compared to how long it takes you to write a discarding message is trivial but the potential damage is great. Joe Rogan had a great interview with Barbara Freese yesterday on her forthcoming book “industrial strength denial(...)”. She discussed it at length in her interview. Basically, there are centuries of instances of interested parties using rhetoric not dissimilar to yours to deny progress on emancipation of slaves,…
on “Botswana: Lab tests to solve mystery of hundreds of dead elephants” ↗