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The Gen Z Perspective

Expert Witness In J&J Lawsuit Discusses Corporations Funding Their Own Scientists w/ Dr. Egilman

The Gen Z Perspective

Dash Dobrofsky

Politics, News, Society & Culture

3.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Epidemiologist Dr. David Egilman of Brown University joins Dash to discuss his experience testifying as an expert witness in over 600 cases against some of the world’s largest corporations, including Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, and Merck. Dr. Egilman's testimonies have recovered billions of dollars worth of settlements for injured/sick workers and consumers. Dr. Egilman explains the ethical implications of corporations funding their own science and research. He also shares effective ways that society can take its power and health back from the grips of industry giants. Dr. David Egilman is board-certified in internal medicine and preventive and occupational medicine and an epidemiologist. He's also the previous Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health and the current Editor of the The Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity.

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0:00.0

On today's episode, I'm joined by an epidemiologist and clinical associate professor at Brown University.

0:09.5

As a doctor, he is testified as an expert witness in over 600 cases against the world's largest corporations

0:16.4

and has recovered billions of dollars for injured and sick workers and consumers.

0:21.5

He goes into detail about his current cases and explains effective ways that society can regain its power

0:28.1

and health back from the grips of industry giants.

0:31.3

So without further ado, here is my conversation with Dr. David Eagleman and this

0:36.7

is uncovering the truth. I just want to start out with a simple question, you know, how much trust

0:44.4

should we be placing in our federal regulatory agencies to protect us from unsafe products that

0:51.3

hit the marketplace or from unsafe work environments that we are told are okay to work in?

1:00.4

On a scale of 0 to 100, maybe a four, a four, that is.

1:10.2

There's about 180,000 chemicals in commerce and the occupational safety and health

1:18.0

administration has standards for about 30 of them.

1:24.2

Yeah, so I actually, if you figure as a percentage of what's out there, four gives him too much credit,

1:31.4

it should be like 0.004, a 0.04.

1:36.9

So, and then, you know, the FDA is completely captured by Pharma.

1:44.5

As you know, the FDA pharmaceutical regulation is funded by Pharma.

1:50.8

You know, generally, you know, the person who pays the piper picks the tune

1:59.9

and the pharmaceutical companies are picking the tune with the FDA.

2:06.1

When you, I just really quickly there, you said the FDA is funded by big Pharma.

2:11.7

I think a lot of us are under the perception that our taxpayer money goes to funding the FDA,

2:18.8

not the corporations, but that is a misnomer.

2:22.4

That is a misperception.

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