Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú

The Tobacco Playbook: 9. Deep Pockets, Useful Allies

Oil money is pumped to scientists and think tanks in the bid to make it a culture war.

• 14 mins

Talc Tales: 1. Asbestos in my make-up?

After a cancer diagnosis, Hannah Fletcher asks if her make-up contained asbestos.

• 14 mins

Talc Tales: 2. Never 100% clean

In the 1970s, a scientist discovers asbestos fibres in talcum powder.

• 15 mins

Talc Tales: 3. ‘We may have problems’

Could companies clean up their talc?

• 14 mins

Talc Tales: 4. ‘Time for more confusion’

When talc might be listed as a carcinogen, the industry assembles a ‘talc task force’.

• 15 mins

Talc Tales: 5. Talc on trial

When we send off make-up for testing, the lab finds an asbestos fibre.

• 14 mins

The Tobacco Playbook: 10. Leaving the Tribe

Our story ends at the very top, with a fax to the White House.

• 14 mins