HAT MONTHLY MEETING: Sat March 22, “Toxic Trespass”

Ontario Humanist Society « HAT MONTHLY MEETING: Sat March 22, “Toxic Trespass”

Humanist Association of Toronto Monthly Speaker Meeting

Saturday, March 22, 2014

1:30 – 3:00 pm

OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 4-414

Speaker: Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg

Topic: Toxic Trespass – a film about health and the
environment

 

Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg is an executive producer of the award-winning NFB film Toxic Trespass, an investigation into the effects of the chemical soup around us. Filmmaker Barri Cohen starts with her
10-year-old daughter, whose blood carries carcinogens like benzene and DDT. Then Cohen heads out to Windsor and Sarnia, Canadian toxic hotspots with clusters of deadly diseases such as respiratory illnesses, leukemia and brain tumours. She journeys into toxic nightmares all too common in industrialized countries and meets passionate activists working for change and doctors and scientists who see evidence of links between environmental pollution and health problems. And she learns how quickly barriers can go up when anyone asks questions about these links. A moving and empowering documentary, Toxic Trespass is essential viewing for anyone concerned about the effects of pollutants on our health – and our very DNA. Join us as Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg leads us through a screening
of the film followed by discussion and Q&A.