I am surprised that this is missing completely.
MetLife played a central role in covering up the deadly risks associated with asbestos.
https://www.asbestos.com/featured-stories/cover-up/
"While Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was not an asbestos business, it worked closely with asbestos companies to conceal the health effects of the toxic mineral. In 1944, the company insured more than a dozen big names in the industry, including Johns Manville, Raybestos-Manhattan, National Gypsum, Fibreboard and Flintkote.
Asbestos Pit Miners
Early image of an open pit asbestos mining operation.
Metropolitan Life knew about the high asbestosis rates at Johns Manville’s factory in Manville, New Jersey, as early as 1932, but succeeded in blocking an inspection for poor work conditions there in 1945. The company even convinced government officials that asbestos hazards were under control, despite having knowledge of confidential company-sponsored reports that found evidence of asbestosis in 20 percent of workers.
In 1933, a plant physician at a Johns Manville plant in Illinois asked Dr. Anthony Lanza, a full-time employee at Metropolitan Life from 1926 to 1948, about hanging warning posters to spread worker awareness of asbestos-related health risks. Lanza objected because of the potential “legal situation.”
Lanza’s early 1930s study on asbestos workers in the textile industry revealed that half of all workers with five to 10 years of exposure showed signs of asbestosis in X-rays. Of those with more than 15 years of exposure, a remarkable 87 percent suffered from lung disease. The asbestos industry blocked the publication of these findings for four years, and likely altered the data before the report was released." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.41.85 (talk) 15:29, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
