Broken - Season 1

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Makeup Mayhem

1 - Makeup Mayhem

Air Date: November 27, 2019

Influencer hype and scarcity marketing create conditions where counterfeit makeup thrives, tainted with bacteria, lead, arsenic — and worse.

Big Vape

2 - Big Vape

Air Date: November 27, 2019

Initially designed for adult use, vaping has addicted teens to nicotine, thanks to hipster ads by startups like Juul. Now Big Tobacco's cashing in.

Deadly Dressers

3 - Deadly Dressers

Air Date: November 27, 2019

Disposable-furniture makers like Ikea use eco-friendly images to hide their true costs: fatally flimsy construction, environmental ruin and more.

Recycling Sham

4 - Recycling Sham

Air Date: November 27, 2019

Corporations market single-use plastic products as recyclable. In fact, much plastic recycling ends up as landfill — or on beaches in Southeast Asia.