Saranac Labs and the Asbestos Cover-Up: Part 1 | Asbestos Exposed

Saranac Laboratories became a key part of the asbestos industry’s response to growing medical evidence that asbestos exposure was making workers sick. In Part 1 of this Asbestos Exposed series, Justinian Lane explains how asbestos companies turned to outside researchers, medical experts, and scientific studies to help manage the growing threat of asbestos lawsuits, regulation, and public concern.

This episode looks at the early history of Saranac Labs, the role of industry-backed research, and how asbestos companies began using science to shape the public understanding of asbestos disease. It is the beginning of a larger story about corporate influence, medical research, and the asbestos industry’s effort to control what the public knew.

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