Fw: ***PBS Special on the Chemical Industry***

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Subject: ***PBS Special on the Chemical Industry***

> ***PBS Special on the Chemical Industry***

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> On Monday, March 26 at 9:00 p.m., Bill Moyers will present a 2-hour

> investigative report on the chemical industry on PBS. Trade Secrets: A

> Moyers Report uncovers how our health and safety have been put at risk and

> why powerful forces don't want the truth to be known.

> http://www.pbs.org/insidepbs/news/newprogs0101.html

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> PBS PRESENTS BILL MOYERS INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY,

NEW

> ARTS, HISTORY AND RELIGION PROGRAMS

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> Pasadena, Calif. - January 15, 2001 - A groundbreaking investigative

report

> on the chemical industry by Bill Moyers is part of PBS's new programming

> slate, as well as a cutting-edge series on the arts around America, an

> in-depth look at the astonishing life of Ben lin, and an intimate

> portrait of a Protestant congregation.

>

> Americans say corporations should have the burden of proving chemicals are

> safe. The majority of citizens believe most chemicals are already tested

> for safety, and that the government is protecting them against harmful

> chemicals. But what is the true story? In TRADE SECRETS: A MOYERS REPORT,

> premiering Monday, March 26 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings),

> correspondent Bill Moyers and producer Sherry uncover how our health

> and safety have been put at risk and why powerful forces don't want the

> truth to be known.

>

> This investigative report, accompanied by a PBS.org Web site, is based on

a

> massive archive of secret industry documents as shocking as the " tobacco

> papers. " In the 50 years of the chemical revolution, over 75,000 chemicals

> have been released into the environment. What happens as our body absorbs

> them? And how can we protect ourselves? Moyers and won the Peabody

> Award for their last collaboration on WASHINGTON'S OTHER SCANDAL.

>

> Funding for TRADE SECRETS: A MOYERS REPORT is provided by Park Foundation,

> The Kohlberg Foundation, Inc., The Herb Alpert Foundation, The Surdna

> Foundation, The D. and T. MacArthur Foundation, and The

> Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation. Corporate funding is provided by

> Mutual of America Life Insurance Company.

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