About this season
This investigative docuseries shows how negligence and deceit in the production and marketing of popular consumer items can result in dire outcomes.
Episodes (4)
1. Makeup Mayhem
Aired 27 November 2019 • 58 min
Influencer hype and scarcity marketing create conditions where counterfeit makeup thrives, tainted with bacteria, lead, arsenic — and worse.
2. Big Vape
Aired 27 November 2019 • 60 min
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.
3. Deadly Dressers
Aired 27 November 2019 • 59 min
Disposable-furniture makers like Ikea use eco-friendly images to hide their true costs: fatally flimsy construction, environmental ruin and more.
4. Recycling Sham
Aired 27 November 2019 • 58 min
Corporations market single-use plastic products as recyclable. In fact, much plastic recycling ends up as landfill — or on beaches in Southeast Asia.