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Once a pesticide is banned in the United States for dangerous health and environmental effects, companies are still permitted to manufacture it for export only. This policy sends a message to the world that American lives are more valuable, yet ironically, these toxic pesticides come back to the US as residues on imported food in a circle of poison. CIRCLE OF POISON takes viewers across the ...
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Summaries. A global look at communities impacted by the export of toxic pesticides made in America and how they are fighting back. When the US government bans a pesticide, deemed too harmful for the American people, you would imagine that to be the end of it. What you would not expect is it to then be exported freely aboard for profit.
Video Librarian Review. Co-Directors Evan Mascagni and Shannon Post took inspiration from journalist David Weir’s 1981 book The Circle of Poison for this documentary, which explores how substances banned from the United States find their way into foreign markets through companies more concerned with profits than environmental effects.
Nov 19, 2015 · Shannon Post and Evan Mascagni sound the alarm in Circle of Poison, an eye-opening and ire-raising doc that follows pesticides around the world to see the damage they do. The sober but not gloomy ...
Circle of Poison, directed by Evan Mascagni and Shannon Post, begins with a painful look at the birth defects, missing limbs, and organs growing outside the body brought on by Endosulfan. The filmmakers continue their findings with reports from Argentina, Mexico, Brazil. and elsewhere. Meanwhile, 23 of America's 50 states continue to produce ...
When the U.S. bans a chemical, deeming it too harmful to the healths of its citizens, companies are still allowed to produce it for export only. 'Circle of Poison' exposes this disturbing federal policy that sends a message to the world that American lives are more valuable, taking a global look at communities impacted by the export of toxic pesticides and how they are fighting back.
Passion River Films ENGLISH. 1h 11m. ratings. (11) borrow. A global look at communities impacted by the export of toxic pesticides made in America and how they are fighting back. Documentary. Download or stream Circle of Poison (2016) with for free on hoopla.
