The Families Getting Rich from Toxic Chemicals




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Summary: <p>Jamie Lincoln Kitman, New York bureau chief for <em>Automobile Magazine</em>, discusses his latest piece in <em>The Nation:</em> “<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/worse-than-lead/" target="_blank">Worse Than Lead</a>?” The article looks at the powerful companies and families whose fortunes have depended on making toxic lead-based products, and how they subsequently shifted their businesses to producing equally toxic flame retardants when leaded gasoline was phased out.</p> <p><em>This segment is guest hosted by Nancy Giles. </em></p>