[GreenYes] "Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report" on PBS March 26th

[Pat Franklin <CRI@container-recycling.org>]

 > > Subject: PBS Documentary Expose
 > >
 > > Here is a TV show that we all need to watch..
 > >
 > > On or about 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 airdate 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.


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