Fwd: [wiseweeds] PBS, tonight

[Guest guest]

This is not TCM, but due to the importance of the subject matter and to the

way toxins can impact on health, I'm forwarding this in.

 

Those wishing more information on chemical injury might check out the NCCIN

(North Carolina Chemical Injury Network) website.

 

Victoria

 

><<........ on March 26th at 9:00 pm, it's going

> > > to rock the boat. And we all ought to be there when

> > > it does.

> > >

> > > That's when PBS will air " Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report "

> > > (be sure to check your local listings for the exact air date

> > > and time on your PBS station). Now any time Bill Moyers

> > > looks into something it's worth our time. But in this case,

> > > it's worth more than that because he's investigating the

> > > very thing I've been waiting for years for a journalist of

> > > his caliber to investigate: the chemical industry and its

> > > hidden toxic legacy.

> > >

> > > It promises to be a ground breaking program, one that

> > > at long last gives the chemical industry the glaring

> > > attention it so richly deserves. And I think even people

> > > like us, people who are already generally aware of the

> > > deadly practices and products foisted upon us by chemical

> > > companies, will be stunned by Moyer's revelations.

> > >

> > > I say this because the program is based on interviews

> > > with historians, scientists and physicians, and on a

> > > massive uncovered archive of secret industry documents

> > > that Moyers and producer Sherry Jones say rivals the

> > > now legendary " Tobacco Papers " for sheer, appalling

> > > shock value. What those papers apparently reveal is an

> > > industry that has put our health and safety at very

> > > dangerous risk and marshalled powerful forces in a

> > > largely successful effort to hide the truth at any cost.

> > >

> > > I urge you to watch this program. And more importantly,

> > > I urge you to gather others to watch it with you. While

> > > you and I will most likely tune in (I definitely will), we're

> > > already aware of the problem and its seriousness. But

> > > that's not the case with the majority of Americans. Indeed,

> > > research shows that most believe they're being quite

> > > adequately protected from chemical hazards by industry

> > > and government alike. That's hardly the case, and a

> > > respected journalist like Bill Moyers is just the person

> > > to make the point. That's why it's so important that the

> > > program be seen by more than the " converted " . I want

> > > it to be seen by everyone, especially those who are largely

> > > or wholly unaware of the situation. It might be a tough

> > > sell, but I think it's worth every effort each of us can

> > > make to make sure that all our friends and neighbors,

> > > no matter how politically uninvolved or environmentally

> > > unaware they might be, tune in and watch this historic

> > > broadcast.

> > >

> > > To that end, the Environmental Health Fund, the Environmental

> > > Working Group, the Center for Health, Environment and

> > > Justice, and Women's Voices For the Earth are launching

> > > Coming Clean, an effort dedicated to organizing community

> > > viewings of the upcoming Moyers Report and doing whatever

> > > we can to ensure that after March 26, there are more people

> > > in more communities working to stop the chemical

> > > contamination of our food, bodies and environment.

> > >

> > > I hope you'll consider hosting a Coming Clean viewing event.

> > > (For more information about Coming Clean, contact Charlotte

> > > Brody at cbrody or Sharyle Patton at spatton ,

> > > or visit http://www.comeclean.org or our own site at

> > > http://www.seventhgen.com ). Whatever you do, make sure

> > > you're watching PBS on or about March 26th. And make sure

> > > everyone you know is watching with you. To be forewarned

> > > is to be forearmed. Thanks to Bill Moyers, we're about to get

> > > one of our biggest and best weapons yet in the fight against

> > > a poisoned planet.

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>The information in this post should not replace advice given by your

>medical practitioner.

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