Enviro Movie Night: Forever Chemicals

By David Whiteside

Tennessee Riverkeeper recommends watching two films to learn more about PFAS chemicals. The 3M Company and other polluters contaminated the Tennessee River and surrounding areas in the Tennessee River Valley.

PFAS are a large, complex, and ever-expanding group of manufactured chemicals that are widely used to make various types of everyday products. For example, they keep food from sticking to cookware, make clothes and carpets resistant to stains, and create firefighting foam that is more effective. PFAS are used in industries such as aerospace, automotive, construction, electronics, and military.

Dark Waters, a successful Hollywood film starring Mark Ruffalo. Dark Waters is an American legal thriller. The story dramatizes Robert Bilott's case against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont after they contaminated a town with unregulated PFAS chemicals. For more info on Dark Waters visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322/

The Devil We Know, is the story of how one synthetic chemical, used to make Teflon products, contaminated a West Virginia community. But new research hints at a much broader problem: nearly all Americans are affected by exposure to non-stick chemicals in food, drinking water, and consumer products. With very little oversight on the chemical industry in this country, we invite you to learn more about the problem and how you can protect yourself and your family. For more info on The Devil We Know visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7689910/