Fw: March 26th Bill Moyers on chemical contamination

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> > Must See TV (Gather The Friends...) ?

> >

> > In the year and half since we started publishing this

> > newsletter, I've used this space to urge you, the reader, to

> > do a number of things. I'm not one to really recommend TV

> > viewing. There are so many other, better things to do, and

> > it's become painfully obvious in recent years that the beast

> > we call the Tube, as a very general rule, is making our

> > nation fatter, lazier, and likely more violent and less

> > intelligent. But on 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 airing

> > date and time on your PBS station). 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 look into: the chemical industry and its

> > hidden toxic legacy.

> >

> > This 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 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 BillMoyers 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.

> >

> > I hope you'll consider hosting a Coming Clean viewing event.

> > (For more information about Coming Clean, contact Charlotte

> > Brody at cbrody@...

> >

> > or Sharyle Patton at spatton@..., or visit

> > http://www.comeclean.org

> >

> > or our own site at http://www.seventhgen.com).

> >

> > Whatever you do, make sure you're watching PBS on or about

> > March 26th. And make sure everyone you know is watching with

> > you. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Thanks to Bill

> > Moyers, we're about to get one of our biggest and best

> > weapons