TRADE SECRETS: A MOYERS REPORT is an investigation of the
history of the chemical revolution and the companies that drove
it – and how companies worked to withhold vital information
about the risks from workers, the government, and the public. Journalist
Bill Moyers and producer Sherry Jones rely on an archive of documents
the public was never meant to see –- documents that reveal
the industry's early knowledge that some chemicals could pose dangers
to human health that were not disclosed at the time.
But the documentary also reports a much larger story – a never-
before-told account of a campaign to limit the regulation of toxic
chemicals and any liability for their effects.
Today, every man, woman and child has synthetic chemicals in their
bodies. No child is born free of them. Are they safe? Does anyone
know? What is the industry doing to keep us fully informed about
the health and safety effects of chemicals? These are the crucial
questions raised by the documentary and addressed in a panel discussion
moderated by Bill Moyers in the program's final half hour.
Read
an overview of the two-hour program that premiered on PBS
March 26 at 9 p.m. |
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Read the documents from the archive yourself and learn who
knew what and when. |
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Find
out more about the people interviewed for the program, including
a transcript of their full interviews, biographies and contact
information. |
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A
report detailing Dan Ross' exposure to chemicals at the plant
led his wife to believe that the company was withholding information. |
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The
Chemical Industry Archives
Searchable database containing more than 37,000 pages
of chemical industry documents spanning five decades.
From The Environmental Working Group |
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