Faced with proof that they are harming people or the environment, corporations have long denied evidence, blamed victims, complained of witch hunts, attacked their critics, and otherwise rationalized their harmful activities. Denial campaigns have perpetuated the harm and undermined social trust in science and government, making it harder for our democracy to function. Industrial-Strength Denial takes readers on an epic tour through eight campaigns of denial, showing how industries found ways to defend the slave trade, radium consumption, unsafe cars, leaded gasoline, ozone-destroying chemicals, tobacco, the investment products that caused the financial crisis, and the fossil fuels destabilizing our climate. This book highlights the damage done by industrial-strength denial and how people fought back. Drawing on psychological research, it explores what it is about the corporation itself that makes denial so easy and so dangerous. Book jacket.