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This investigative docuseries shows how negligence and deceit in the production and marketing of popular consumer items can result in dire outcomes.
Created By
Sarah Holm Johansen, Steve Rivo
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This investigative docuseries shows how negligence and deceit in the production and marketing of popular consumer items can result in dire outcomes.
Sarah Holm Johansen, Steve Rivo

November 27, 2019 • 60m
Influencer hype and scarcity marketing create conditions where counterfeit makeup thrives, tainted with bacteria, lead, arsenic — and worse.

November 27, 2019 • 60m
Initially designed for adult use, vaping has addicted teens to nicotine, thanks to hipster ads by startups like Juul. Now Big Tobacco's cashing in.

November 27, 2019 • 60m
Disposable-furniture makers like Ikea use eco-friendly images to hide their true costs: fatally flimsy construction, environmental ruin and more.

November 27, 2019 • 60m
Corporations market single-use plastic products as recyclable. In fact, much plastic recycling ends up as landfill — or on beaches in Southeast Asia.