Dust Up | E4 The Battle Over Science

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In the 1970s and 80s, scientists and regulators try to better understand the safety of talcum powder. They study whether talc itself caused cancer, and whether it contains asbestos, a known carcinogen. Johnson & Johnson follows their research very closely. Support the show: https://www.verifiedpod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.4	Talk is the world's softest mineral. It's found deep in the earth inside rock ore
0:51.8	that's millions of years old and mixed with talc we often
0:56.3	find another mineral asbestos.
1:01.0	The most unusual and useful mineral fiber known to man largely unseen, seldom
1:06.7	recognized it has played a tremendously important role in the improvement of
1:11.0	our standard of living. in the
1:15.0	unquenchable,
1:20.0	in the group's had a name for it.
1:18.0	They called it the unquenchable, indestructible stone.
1:22.0	They called it asbestos.
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