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Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Investigates toxic chemicals that have sparked an international health and environmental catastrophe, and examines a decades-long battle between some of the world's largest chemical companies and the contaminated communities fight...

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Katrina McGowan

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Ikandy Films,Screen Australia,Stan,Screen NSW,Shark Island Productions

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Self - Wreck Bay Community Member

Self - Wreck Bay Community Member

Self - Trail Layer, Douglas and London

Self - Environmental Attorney, Taft Law Firm, Author, Exposure

Self - Actor & Environmental Activist

Self - Environmental Attorney, Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Self - Investigative Journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald

Self - Wreck Bay Community Elder

Self - Wreck Bay Community Member

Self - Wreck Bay Community Member

Self - Senior Associate, Douglas and London

Self - Peggy's Uncle, Wreck Bay Community Elder

Self - Wreck Bay Community Member

Self - Wreck Bay Community Member

Self - Wreck Bay Community Member

Ashlee Williams

Self - Wreck Bay Community Elder

Robert Williams

Self - Wreck Bay Community Elder

Self - Wreck Bay Community Elder

Jean Carter McKenzie

Self - Former Community Doctor for Wreck Bay

Self - Wreck Bay Community Elder

Michael Williams

Self - Senior Advisor, International Pollutants Elimination Network

Mariann Lloyd-Smith

Self - Class Action Lawyer, Shine Lawyers

Self - James' Mother, Wreck Bay Community Elder

Self - Barrister for Wreck Bay

William Edwards

Self - Wreck Bay Community Elder

Self - Judge, Federal Court of Australia

Self - Investigations Editor, Journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald

Self - Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald

Self - Joint Head of Class Actions, Shine Lawyers

Self - Attorney, Levin Papantonio Rafferty

Self - Former 3M Employee, Environmental Regulatory Affairs

Self - Former Toxicologist for 3M

Self

Self - 3M Corporate Toxicologist. Regulatory Services Department

Self - Toxicologist

Self - Former CEO of 3M

Self - Wreck Bay Community Member

Peggy Jean Carter McLeod

Self - Former Tartan High School Student

Self - Amara's Father

Michael Strande

Self - Litigant Against DuPont

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GARY: The stakes are enormous - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

GARY: The stakes are enormous

WOMAN: We're just
on the northern edge - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

WOMAN: We're just on the northern edge

We've just had bucketloads - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

We've just had bucketloads

You'd have to say
that would have to be PFAS. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

You'd have to say that would have to be PFAS.

I've been reporting
on PFAS contamination - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

I've been reporting on PFAS contamination

It really is one of those issues - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

It really is one of those issues

This is the only road
that takes you into Wreck Bay. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

This is the only road that takes you into Wreck Bay.

We're just approaching
the naval college on our right. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

We're just approaching the naval college on our right.

This is where the majority
of the cadets - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

This is where the majority of the cadets

So any training
that they've done here - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

So any training that they've done here

So, really,
in this national park, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

So, really, in this national park,

JACK: I started as a ranger
in 1968. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

JACK: I started as a ranger in 1968.

I was the first Aboriginal
ranger in the Territory. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

I was the first Aboriginal ranger in the Territory.

We were doing
all our firefighting modules - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

We were doing all our firefighting modules

(UNEASY MUSIC) - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

If we wanted to go into a big,
uh, tank or... or like a cabin, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

If we wanted to go into a big, uh, tank or... or like a cabi...

And what... what would happen, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And what... what would happen,

CARRIE: And did you ever use
anything to protect yourself, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

CARRIE: And did you ever use anything to protect yourself,

And with a helmet on.
Not even a... a face mask. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And with a helmet on. Not even a... a face mask.

CARRIE: So, of the firefighters
you worked with, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

CARRIE: So, of the firefighters you worked with,

The rest of them
have all passed on. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

The rest of them have all passed on.

CARRIE:
And so how many, roughly, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

CARRIE: And so how many, roughly,

(KNOCK AT DOOR) - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

They said, "We use foam." - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They said, "We use foam."

I've had, uh, prostate cancer, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

I've had, uh, prostate cancer,

Every doctor I've been to,
they've asked me, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Every doctor I've been to, they've asked me,

"I'm not a heavy drinker." - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

"I'm not a heavy drinker."

There's no history of it - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

There's no history of it

All these different types of - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

All these different types of

CARRIE: One of
the biggest stories - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

CARRIE: One of the biggest stories

They'd had plants over there - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They'd had plants over there

So I started googling
the name of this town - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

So I started googling the name of this town

So I just remember this moment,
it was like a lightning bolt, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

So I just remember this moment, it was like a lightning bolt...

And... and number two,
why was no-one talking about - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And... and number two, why was no-one talking about

...no-one seemed to have made
that connection - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

...no-one seemed to have made that connection

Most of them had grown up
drinking water - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Most of them had grown up drinking water

So I managed to find, um, a few
names of the kids that had died - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

So I managed to find, um, a few names of the kids that had d...

And by the end of the two weeks, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And by the end of the two weeks,

The types of cancers ranged
from Hodgkin's lymphoma, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

The types of cancers ranged from Hodgkin's lymphoma,

And, tragically, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And, tragically,

And one of the ones
that really stood out to me - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And one of the ones that really stood out to me

When I was 15,
I was diagnosed with - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

When I was 15, I was diagnosed with

She was very switched-on - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

She was very switched-on

And after I went home, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And after I went home,

And there was just
something about her. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And there was just something about her.

I had no idea of how significant - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

I had no idea of how significant

She didn't have any fear about
going up against - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

She didn't have any fear about going up against

ROB: We got involved with 3M
back in 2005. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

ROB: We got involved with 3M back in 2005.

That's when these chemicals
were discovered in the water - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

That's when these chemicals were discovered in the wate...

You know, we were asked to
come in and help the community, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

You know, we were asked to come in and help the community,

Unfortunately, when we...
when we started pursuing - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Unfortunately, when we... when we started pursuing

They essentially were able to
designate every single document - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They essentially were able to designate every single documen...

So despite the fact
that we were able to see - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

So despite the fact that we were able to see

And, in fact,
a lot of those documents - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And, in fact, a lot of those documents

And some additional documents
are just now coming out - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And some additional documents are just now coming out

(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE) - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)

Yeah, so our jurors
can see an aerial shot - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Yeah, so our jurors can see an aerial shot

(GRIM MUSIC) - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They concluded that PFOA and
PFOS are likely to cause cancer - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They concluded that PFOA and PFOS are likely to cause cancer

And they determined that
"there is no dose - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And they determined that "there is no dose

REPORTER: Now the City of Stuart
is taking several manufacturers - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

REPORTER: Now the City of Stuart is taking several manufactu...

Why should the cities
and the municipalities - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Why should the cities and the municipalities

And it's just mind-blowing to me - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And it's just mind-blowing to me

With respect to
firefighting foam specifically, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

With respect to firefighting foam specifically,

Um, and, of course, as you know,
it's mostly used for training - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Um, and, of course, as you know, it's mostly used for t...

Um, so most of the contamination
is from training - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Um, so most of the contamination is from training

So in this litigation - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

So in this litigation

REPORTER: The city
wants to be awarded - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

REPORTER: The city wants to be awarded

GARY: The story
that we put together - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

GARY: The story that we put together

In the course of
what we call discovery, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

In the course of what we call discovery,

And over the course
of the next four years, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And over the course of the next four years,

And from that we were able
to pick out those documents - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And from that we were able to pick out those documents

If I were to give it a name
in this whole longer timeline, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

If I were to give it a name in this whole longer timeline,

(MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

(MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

This is, uh,
so incredibly fucked and evil. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

This is, uh, so incredibly fucked and evil.

(READS) "In the summer of 1975, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

(READS) "In the summer of 1975,

"Dr Guy and Dr Taves
have discovered the presence - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

"Dr Guy and Dr Taves have discovered the presence

They could tell it was 8-chain, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They could tell it was 8-chain,

(TENSE MUSIC) - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And it begins,
"Dr Guy called again - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

And it begins, "Dr Guy called again

But the internal documents
have since revealed - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

But the internal documents have since revealed

GARY: They had known internally - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

GARY: They had known internally

(GRIM MUSIC) - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They notified one of
their main customers - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They notified one of their main customers

DuPont went out and started
testing its workers in 1978. - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

DuPont went out and started testing its workers in 1978.

Sure enough,
DuPont found organic fluoride - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

Sure enough, DuPont found organic fluoride

So by this point of time,
in the late 1970s, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

So by this point of time, in the late 1970s,

They went out
and they got a bunch of mice, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They went out and they got a bunch of mice,

They were vomiting,
there was liver necrosis, - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

They were vomiting, there was liver necrosis,

"20 of the 28 rhesus monkeys
in the study - Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

"20 of the 28 rhesus monkeys in the study

Revealed: How to Poison a Planet poster

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Investigates toxic chemicals that have sparked an international health and environmental catastrophe, and examines a decades-long battle between some of the world's largest chemical companies and the contaminated communities fight...

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Director: Katrina McGowan

Writer: N/A

Production: Ikandy Films,Screen Australia,Stan,Screen NSW,Shark Island Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

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Released: 28 Apr 2024

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