Merchants of Doubt: How truth is obscured

This award-winning documentary film inspired by the 2010 book, Merchants of Doubt, traces the use of public relations tactics originally developed by the tobacco industry to sow the seeds of doubt about the dangers of smoking and thereby protect their business.

The film explores the different methods used to distract audiences and successfully delay government regulation until long after the establishment of scientific consensus about health risks.

The cultivation of politically conservative scientists and others who successfully cast doubt on the scientific results has served to forestall governmental action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in response of the risk of global climate change.

Join our film screening and the following discussion by a panel of experts in climate change and the tobacco industry, including:

Dr. David Galipeau, Global Chief, United Nations Social Impact Fund
Liam Salter, Founder and CEO, RESET Carbon