Rating:
6.2/10 by 19 users
Broken (2019)
This investigative docuseries shows how negligence and deceit in the production and marketing of popular consumer items can result in dire outcomes.
Writing:
- Steve Rivo
- Sarah Holm Johansen
Release Date:
Wed, Nov 27, 2019
Country: US
Language: En | Es
Runtime: 60
Country: US
Language: En | Es
Runtime: 60
Jenise Morgan
Herself - Narrator
Season 1:
Influencer hype and scarcity marketing create conditions where counterfeit makeup thrives, tainted with bacteria, lead, arsenic — and worse.
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.
Disposable-furniture makers like Ikea use eco-friendly images to hide their true costs: fatally flimsy construction, environmental ruin and more.
Corporations market single-use plastic products as recyclable. In fact, much plastic recycling ends up as landfill — or on beaches in Southeast Asia.
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