Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
'UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS' documentary trailer.
http://www.noharm.org/europe/newsletter/digests/HCWH_Europe_Newsletter_July_2_2013.html
"... 'Unacceptable Levels' explores the issue of synthetic chemicals that end up in people’s bodies unbidden. The documentary has the potential to raise public consciousness—and incite outcry—about unintentional chemical exposures..."
"... 'Unacceptable Levels' explores the issue of synthetic chemicals that end up in people’s bodies unbidden. The documentary has the potential to raise public consciousness—and incite outcry—about unintentional chemical exposures..."
[center][/center]
Unacceptable Levels examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s through the eyes of affable filmmaker Ed Brown, a father seeking to understand the world in which he and his wife are raising their children. To create this debut documentary, one man and his camera traveled extensively to find and interview top minds in the fields of science, advocacy, and law. Weaving their testimonies into a compelling narrative, Brown presents us with the story of how the chemical revolution brought us to where we are, and of where, if we’re not vigilant, it may take us.
Unacceptable Levels examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s through the eyes of affable filmmaker Ed Brown, a father seeking to understand the world in which he and his wife are raising their children. To create this debut documentary, one man and his camera traveled extensively to find and interview top minds in the fields of science, advocacy, and law. Weaving their testimonies into a compelling narrative, Brown presents us with the story of how the chemical revolution brought us to where we are, and of where, if we’re not vigilant, it may take us.
http://www.tugg.com/titles/unacceptable-levels
https://www.yekra.com/unacceptable-levels/#!/deployment_code=65930101n00mgq
http://www.unacceptablelevels.com
“With this remarkably important film, Ed Brown captures the seamy side of the chemical revolution and forces us to confront the need to make the future safer than the past.”
“From the products we use, to the food we eat, to the air we breathe, Unacceptable Levels documents how prevalent toxic chemicals have become part of our lives. Ed Brown uses the powerful connection of family to illustrate how broken our system has become, and why we must do something about it. Our children’s futures depend on it.”
“With this remarkably important film, Ed Brown captures the seamy side of the chemical revolution and forces us to confront the need to make the future safer than the past.”
- Dr. Devra Lee Davis
PhD, MPH, Founder and President of the Environmental Health Trust, author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation
“From the products we use, to the food we eat, to the air we breathe, Unacceptable Levels documents how prevalent toxic chemicals have become part of our lives. Ed Brown uses the powerful connection of family to illustrate how broken our system has become, and why we must do something about it. Our children’s futures depend on it.”
- Gigi Lee Chang
CEO, Healthy Child Healthy World
7 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
http://oecotextiles.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/knowledge-is-power/
January 13, 2014
by Alice Shabecoff
<>
Despite naysayers (who pays them to say nay?–that’s a whole story in itself), it’s clear there is both an association and a causative connection between the vast explosion of poisons in our everyday lives and our childrens’ “issues.”
Over 80,000 industrial chemicals (tested only by the manufacturer) are in commerce in this country, produced or imported at 15 trillion pounds a year. Pesticide use has leaped from the troubling 400 million pounds Rachel Carson wrote about in the 1960s to the mind-boggling 4.4 billion pounds in use today.
<>
In a riff on Pogo, let’s say, “We have met the heroes and it is us.” We cannot bury our heads and hope it will all go away. We cannot leave the job to someone else. Some may feel the problem is so massive, it’s best to pretend it doesn’t exist. But it isn’t more massive than we allow it to be. It’s totally within our reach.
We can make each other smarter and stronger. It is in our power to learn about what harms our children and to share our knowledge. It is in our power as a community of citizens and parents to demand action against the current harmful policies and practices and against the indiscriminate use of processes and practices that destroy and degrade all life on our planet.
[center][img]
[/img][/center]
January 13, 2014
by Alice Shabecoff
<>
Despite naysayers (who pays them to say nay?–that’s a whole story in itself), it’s clear there is both an association and a causative connection between the vast explosion of poisons in our everyday lives and our childrens’ “issues.”
Over 80,000 industrial chemicals (tested only by the manufacturer) are in commerce in this country, produced or imported at 15 trillion pounds a year. Pesticide use has leaped from the troubling 400 million pounds Rachel Carson wrote about in the 1960s to the mind-boggling 4.4 billion pounds in use today.
<>
In a riff on Pogo, let’s say, “We have met the heroes and it is us.” We cannot bury our heads and hope it will all go away. We cannot leave the job to someone else. Some may feel the problem is so massive, it’s best to pretend it doesn’t exist. But it isn’t more massive than we allow it to be. It’s totally within our reach.
We can make each other smarter and stronger. It is in our power to learn about what harms our children and to share our knowledge. It is in our power as a community of citizens and parents to demand action against the current harmful policies and practices and against the indiscriminate use of processes and practices that destroy and degrade all life on our planet.
[center][img]
[/img][/center]http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/index_051002.html
May 10, 2002
This week on NOW: Are we making our children sick? In the last 70 years, more than 75,000 synthetic chemicals and metals have been put to use in America — chemicals that in many cases make our lives easier and better. They kill insects and weeds, clean our clothes and carpets, unclog our drains, create produce and lawns as pretty as a picture. But most of these chemicals have never been tested for their toxic effects on children. And scientists are concerned that recent increases in childhood illnesses like asthma and cancer, as well as learning disabilities, may be related to the environment — to what kids eat, drink and breathe.
Kids and Chemicals, a special edition of NOW, features medical investigators and health officials engaged in the latest research on links between childhood illness and environmental contamination.
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/doctors.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript117_full.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/classroom_kids1.html
May 10, 2002
This week on NOW: Are we making our children sick? In the last 70 years, more than 75,000 synthetic chemicals and metals have been put to use in America — chemicals that in many cases make our lives easier and better. They kill insects and weeds, clean our clothes and carpets, unclog our drains, create produce and lawns as pretty as a picture. But most of these chemicals have never been tested for their toxic effects on children. And scientists are concerned that recent increases in childhood illnesses like asthma and cancer, as well as learning disabilities, may be related to the environment — to what kids eat, drink and breathe.
Kids and Chemicals, a special edition of NOW, features medical investigators and health officials engaged in the latest research on links between childhood illness and environmental contamination.
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/doctors.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript117_full.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/classroom_kids1.html
http://www.prx.org/pieces/96874-moyers-company-show-219-the-toxic-politics-of-s#description
Added 8 months ago
As long as the chemical industry and its powerful lobbies prevail in blocking efforts to reform outdated laws, the authors say, we will continue to float in a soup of toxins -- inhaling, drinking, and absorbing chemicals that we may learn, years later, have put us all in harm’s way.
Added 8 months ago
As long as the chemical industry and its powerful lobbies prevail in blocking efforts to reform outdated laws, the authors say, we will continue to float in a soup of toxins -- inhaling, drinking, and absorbing chemicals that we may learn, years later, have put us all in harm’s way.
Last edited Thu Feb 20, 2014, 07:50 PM - Edit history (1)
The Human Experiment @ChemicalMovie 21h
We're coming to you, New Jersey! Thrilled to announce we'll be screening at the @GardenStateFilm Festival April 5th! http://www.gsff.org
We're coming to you, New Jersey! Thrilled to announce we'll be screening at the @GardenStateFilm Festival April 5th! http://www.gsff.org
[center][img]
[/img]
[img]
[/img][/center]
http://thehumanexperimentmovie.com
[center]http://vimeo.com/31683038[/center]
The Human Experiment - Festival Trailer
Upcoming Screenings: http://thehumanexperimentmovie.com/see-the-film/
Description from Don Hardy (2 years ago)
What if the greatest chemical disaster of our time didn’t involve oil spills, superfund sites or nuclear meltdowns? Instead, imagine much lower levels of exposure, inflicted over several generations and affecting every person on the planet. The result: Rising rates of everything from cancer to autism to infertility. This is the shocking reality explored in The Human Experiment, a gripping look at the personal costs associated with the chemicals in our most common household products.
The film follows a band of unlikely activists who are fighting back. Ranging from Howard, a conservative businessman, to Jessica, a teenage radical, they are staking reputation, career and future in this battle to protect our health. And their opposition is goliath. The powerful and well-funded chemical lobby is heavily invested in maintaining the status quo, pulling unseen strings to create an aura of skepticism and confusion.
This mounting confrontation travels from the majestic panoramas of California's coastline to the crowded hearing rooms in our nation’s capital. Cinéma vérité footage draws us into the lives of people like Jenn & Noah, a young couple in the brutal midst of their struggle with infertility, and Marika, a breast cancer survivor whose chances of staying cancer free are threatened by a chemical used in everything from aluminum cans to plastic water bottles.
With everything on the line, they are desperate to take advantage of a unique opportunity for change. This year (2012), legislation was introduced that would update our country’s chemicals policy, the oldest environmental law in the U.S. to have never been reformed. But will the Democratic sponsors be able to move the bill forward while they still control the Senate? Or will increasing Republican hostility toward the EPA and environmental regulation keep everything stalled until the next presidential election?
It’s an emotionally and politically charged showdown and the stakes couldn’t be higher – for these activists on the front lines, for our country and for every one of us. The Human Experiment is about the complex balances at play between preserving profits and protecting health. But at its core, it's about the heartwarming and empowering efforts of individuals to shift that balance in the favor of our health.
[center]http://vimeo.com/31683038[/center]
The Human Experiment - Festival Trailer
Upcoming Screenings: http://thehumanexperimentmovie.com/see-the-film/
Description from Don Hardy (2 years ago)
What if the greatest chemical disaster of our time didn’t involve oil spills, superfund sites or nuclear meltdowns? Instead, imagine much lower levels of exposure, inflicted over several generations and affecting every person on the planet. The result: Rising rates of everything from cancer to autism to infertility. This is the shocking reality explored in The Human Experiment, a gripping look at the personal costs associated with the chemicals in our most common household products.
The film follows a band of unlikely activists who are fighting back. Ranging from Howard, a conservative businessman, to Jessica, a teenage radical, they are staking reputation, career and future in this battle to protect our health. And their opposition is goliath. The powerful and well-funded chemical lobby is heavily invested in maintaining the status quo, pulling unseen strings to create an aura of skepticism and confusion.
This mounting confrontation travels from the majestic panoramas of California's coastline to the crowded hearing rooms in our nation’s capital. Cinéma vérité footage draws us into the lives of people like Jenn & Noah, a young couple in the brutal midst of their struggle with infertility, and Marika, a breast cancer survivor whose chances of staying cancer free are threatened by a chemical used in everything from aluminum cans to plastic water bottles.
With everything on the line, they are desperate to take advantage of a unique opportunity for change. This year (2012), legislation was introduced that would update our country’s chemicals policy, the oldest environmental law in the U.S. to have never been reformed. But will the Democratic sponsors be able to move the bill forward while they still control the Senate? Or will increasing Republican hostility toward the EPA and environmental regulation keep everything stalled until the next presidential election?
It’s an emotionally and politically charged showdown and the stakes couldn’t be higher – for these activists on the front lines, for our country and for every one of us. The Human Experiment is about the complex balances at play between preserving profits and protecting health. But at its core, it's about the heartwarming and empowering efforts of individuals to shift that balance in the favor of our health.
Kick in to the DU tip jar?
This week we're running a special pop-up mini fund drive. From Monday through Friday we're going ad-free for all registered members, and we're asking you to kick in to the DU tip jar to support the site and keep us financially healthy.
As a bonus, making a contribution will allow you to leave kudos for another DU member, and at the end of the week we'll recognize the DUers who you think make this community great.