excerpted from Football, Tobacco & Oil: Narratives of Deceit
Recorded on November 2017

Patient Zero in the NFL's Concussion Scandal

Description 

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Fainaru talks about how the death of former Pittsburgh Steelers center, Mike Webster, shed light on the CTE and concussion risks associated with playing football.

Speakers at this Event

Adrienne Alvord

Western States Director, Union of Concerned Scientists

Steve Fainaru

Senior Writer, ESPN Investigative Unit; Co-Author, League of Denial

Stanton Glantz

Director, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UCSF