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SomethingI've seen is that this manufacturer of uncertainty and trying to show thereare...

DR. MICHAELS: Something
I've seen is that this manufacturer of uncertainty and trying to show there
are two sides to every issue around science
degrades all scientists

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DR. MICHAELS: Something I've seen is that this
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manufacturer of uncertainty
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and trying to show there are two sides to every issue
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around science degrades all scientists.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:12
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Production
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Movie Summary

Beauty products are a multi-billion-dollar industry. Despite public attention, companies continue to get away with harmful practices that leave the average consumer wondering which brand can be trusted. Toxic Beauty's case in point is the landmark class action lawsuit brought by female cancer survivors against Johnson & Johnson, in the face of the company's insistence that their baby talc products are safe.
It makes it looks like scientists are just part of - Toxic Beauty 00:05
It makes it looks like scientists are just part of
But hiring people to say something specific - Toxic Beauty 00:13
But hiring people to say something specific
DR. LANPHEAR: But the more unethical part of what we do - Toxic Beauty 00:08
DR. LANPHEAR: But the more unethical part of what we do
Did anybody ever ask you to sign a consent form - Toxic Beauty 00:08
Did anybody ever ask you to sign a consent form
JULIE: The world operates with what's called - Toxic Beauty 00:06
JULIE: The world operates with what's called
That means that the product is put onto the market first. - Toxic Beauty 00:05
That means that the product is put onto the market first.
It's not like you have to test the product first, - Toxic Beauty 00:06
It's not like you have to test the product first,
No, it goes on the market, and then if there are incidents, - Toxic Beauty 00:07
No, it goes on the market, and then if there are incidents,
Nobody's testing to see if that eyeshadow - Toxic Beauty 00:07
Nobody's testing to see if that eyeshadow
JAMES: Congressman, cigarettes and nicotine - Toxic Beauty 00:09
JAMES: Congressman, cigarettes and nicotine
[cartoon gunshot] - Toxic Beauty 00:18
[cartoon gunshot]
DR. SMITH: There are really two pressing - Toxic Beauty 00:05
DR. SMITH: There are really two pressing
And deservedly so. - Toxic Beauty 00:05
And deservedly so.
[seagulls calling] - Toxic Beauty 00:20
[seagulls calling]
He is an environmentalist, - Toxic Beauty 00:17
He is an environmentalist,
The lab that I was working in the past year, - Toxic Beauty 00:14
The lab that I was working in the past year,
I mean, that's terrible, but that's-- you know, - Toxic Beauty 00:04
I mean, that's terrible, but that's-- you know,
MYMY: ...gonna get back to baseline, - Toxic Beauty 00:06
MYMY: ...gonna get back to baseline,
MYMY: And take the urine test afterwards - Toxic Beauty 00:07
MYMY: And take the urine test afterwards
We've looked at whether you can increase - Toxic Beauty 00:10
We've looked at whether you can increase