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Blue Vinyl: Good movie. Bad plastic.
As you might imagine, I've seen my share of movies about toxic chemicals. There are a bunch, many of them excellent.
This one struck me because of the director's personal inspiration to track down the source of her parent's shiny new (practical, affordable, durable) vinyl siding. I love how she just won't stop short of convincing them it's not as simple as they think (been there?).
She had a hunch that vinyl had a dark side and, not surprising to me or Enviroblog readers, it does.
Find out about PVC for yourself by following co-director Judith Helfand's investigative globe trot to understand the real (not-so-simple) source of her parents' blue vinyl.
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This is a great movie, we saw it last year from our local library. I liked that the producer went to see the impact that the PVC production has on the lives of workers in the production plants.
Often we think that we need to stop consuming a product due to it being bad for us but what about those producing the polluting products? This film highlighted this crucial consideration.
Switching to alternative, earth-friendly choices has a WIN-WIN result.
Future generations may well look at us today and simply not comprehend how industry made money out of polluting products.
The "bunch" link doesn't go to anywhere specific on YouTube. I was expecting a list, but didn't see one. Could you reestablish the link in some other way? I'd like to see the list of documentaries.
Or maybe just give a top 20 hit list or something.
:-)
After reading the Enviro-blog I watched "Blue Vinyl". Thanks for the recommendation. Good movie, but got me wondering.
So here's my question: If heating things like PVC is really bad, what happens when you take a shower? Doesn't the water in hot water pipes absorb some of the toxicity since they're always so hot? Is EWG planning on doing any research in this regard?