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Webinar recording: ToxicDocs: A database of once-secret chemical industry documents

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This Oct. 14, 2025 webinar described the ToxicDocs dataset and website that contains millions of pages of industry documents about lead, asbestos, silica, PCBs, and other toxic substances. This collection includes internal memoranda, emails, slides, board minutes, unpublished scientific studies, and other documents that became publicly available through toxic tort litigation. Sponsored by the Collaborative for Health and Environment (CHE).

About the author(s):

Sarah Howard
Sarah Howard
Howard is the Program Manager at Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS), a program of Environmental Health Sciences.
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