My Toxic Backyard
2014
1h 00m
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Residents of a small community fight for clean drinking water as the contaminated soil of an old manufacturing plant continues leaking dangerous toxins into ground more than twenty years aft...
Storyline
Kudos to Katie Damien and her team for a well done documentary. Facts, interviews and professional graphics are effectively combined to clearly and thoroughly cover an important story that everyone needs to see because it affects us all.
I am from the area covered and just recently became aware of this film and how closely I am connected to it. Many years ago, friends in this community began dying from cancer. In the last 20 years, the number of deaths from cancer in the area is shocking. Innocent men, women and children are being poisoned every day from as simple activities as playing in their back yards. Family are suffering and dying because of the irresponsibility of companies poisoning the land; a land which, to the eye appears as green, lush, and safe mountain land. What these companies are doing is nothing less than crimes against humanity. There needs to be accountability as well as effective measures put in place to stop the madness. Watch this film. Then stand up and do something to stop companies from poisoning our back yards. The toxicity is closer to yours than you may realize.
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Other Details
Release Dates: 02-15-2014
Country of origin: United States
Language: English
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Color Format
Color: color
Financial
Budget: USD
Revenue Worldwide
Currency: USD