Industry-funded science declared silicosis extinct while it still ravaged workers

Evidence

After World War II, the silica industry claimed that silicosis was not only a minor problem but no longer existed. In 1946, scientists at the Industrial Hygiene Foundation (IHF) announced that “silicosis, once a great hazard to the health of industrial workers, is no longer a threat… . The dangerous trades of our fathers have all but disappeared” (Industrial Hygiene Foundation, 1946). In fact, silicosis has remained a major problem for workers in contemporary workplaces and is often misdiagnosed and ignored in retirees (Rosner & Markowitz, 1991). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1802

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the leaded-gasoline case where industry science suppressed genuine harm.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1802