'Unacceptable Levels’ of Chemical Toxins in Our Lives Exposed in New Film

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'Unacceptable Levels’ of Chemical Toxins in Our Lives Exposed in New Film
by Beth Buczynski
September 8, 2013
5:00 am

Americans have access to modern healthcare, a glut of food and clean water. Yet most of us are sicker, more depressed and more overweight than ever before. Something is poisoning us, but we can’t see it, feel it or taste it. Could it be the thousands of chemicals that flow, often undeclared, through our food and retail systems? “Unacceptable Levels” is a film that seeks to answer that question.

“Unacceptable Levels” examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s through the eyes of Ed Brown, a father seeking to understand the world in which he and his wife are raising their children. The title is a play on the fact that the FDA, USDA, EPA and pretty much every other regulatory body likes to tell us that chemicals used in the air, soil and water are within “acceptable levels” for human health. What about their cumulative effect?

The film follows Brown as he interviews some of the world’s top experts in the fields of science, advocacy and law, questioning them about the 80,000 chemicals present in our system of commerce, many of which we eat or apply directly to our bodies.

The shocking and groundbreaking film, which has been featured at festivals around the world, won the Health and Environment Prize at the 30th International Environmental Film Festival in Paris earlier this year. “Unacceptable Levels” is now making the rounds in the U.S., with screenings scheduled all over the country.