The Financial Times’ Laura Hughes has uncovered a lead poisoning epidemic across the UK. Lead is leaching into the environment and lurking in our homes - but most people don’t know they’ve been exposed until they get sick. In this series, Laura hears the victims’ stories and finds a government that has failed to protect public health. After years of investigating, she has discovered that even officials do not know how big the problem really is.
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The Financial Times’ Laura Hughes has uncovered a lead poisoning epidemic across the UK. Lead is leaching into the environment and lurking in our homes - but most people don’t know they’ve been exposed until they get sick. In this series, Laura hears the victims’ stories and finds a government that has failed to protect public health. After years of investigating, she has discovered that even officials do not know how big the problem really is.
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Madison Marriage hears of another death, one that happened five years before Jaqui’s. Was the Goenka network aware of the dangers of intensive meditation? Marriage asks what the organisation is doing, if anything, to protect people from harm.
For support or more information about adverse meditation experiences, take a look at the Cheetah House website.
If you are in need of urgent mental health support, please contact your local emergency services or reach out to a mental health helpline, such as the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the US, or Samaritans in the UK.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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