Eighteen leaders in their fields spoke about the effect on the economy and the long-term health of the nation.

Excerpts from the 1977 book by Ida Honorof and Eleanor McBean.

The 1939 Cancer Act was designed to guarantee that the nation had adequate provision for cancer treatment with radium-based radiotherapy.

Pfizer relied on researchers with a history of misconduct in order to suppress unfavourable results and get the positive outcome they wanted

The Flexner Report of 1910 sought to rid the world of ‘quackery’.

From Thalidomide to DDT, they made us think it was a good idea at the time but hindsight offers a different view...