The Mesh Mill: How Scammers Took Advantage of Women's Pain

Shortly after Christmas, Sharon gets a terrifying call. A stranger tells her the pelvic mesh inside her body has been recalled. It's a “ticking time bomb," and she needs emergency surgery to remove it. So Sharon flies to Florida. What she’s walking into is a scam embedded in America’s mass tort machine: stolen medical data, a call center, and huge profits powered by the pain of women like Sharon. To learn more about this story: Book: The Pain Brokers , Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Atria/One Signal, 2026 Article: How Profiteers Lure Women Into Often-Unneeded Surgery , New York Times, 2018 Chameleon is a production of Campside Media and Audiochuck. Follow Chameleon on Instagram @chameleonpod Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Mesh Mill: How Scammers Took Advantage of Women's Pain is an episode from Chameleon: Wild Boys by Audiochuck | Campside Media.

This episode is 00:39:01 long.

This episode was published on Apr 2, 2026.

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