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245 04 The Beloved Community. 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2015. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 56 min.) :
       |bdigital, .flv file, sound 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
344    digital 
347    video file|bMPEG-4|bFlash 
500    Title from title frames. 
518    Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2006. 
520    In the summer of 2004, Canadian health researchers made a 
       startling discovery in the Chippewa birth records for the 
       city of Sarnia, an hour north of Detroit: for the past 
       decade, female babies had been outnumbering male babies at
       a rate of 2:1. Further investigation revealed large 
       numbers of miscarriages, a cluster of reproductive cancers
       in young women, and widespread neurological problems among
       the band's children. The Beloved Community looks at a 
       Great Lakes oil town facing a toxic legacy head-on. The 
       nerve center of Canada's petrochemical industry, Sarnia 
       once enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country,
       but now the bill has come due, in a compromised 
       environment and a devastating community health crisis. The
       city has already lost a generation of men to workplace-
       related cancers. Now their widows and daughters are 
       discovering a reproductive time-bomb; because of their own
       exposure to a cluster of hormone-mimicking chemicals 
       called "endocrine disruptors," the next generation may be 
       at risk. How do you stay in the home you love when the 
       price you pay may be not only your own life, but the 
       safety of your children? The impact of endocrine 
       disruptors on the reproductive health of wildlife is well-
       known, but the birth situation in Sarnia has never been 
       seen in a human population, exposed on a daily basis to 
       industrial pollutants. As these chemicals are in global 
       use in everything from pesticides to dry cleaning fluid, 
       the situation in Sarnia cannot be ignored by anyone 
       concerned about the environment and health of his own 
       community. As the corporations and government have proven 
       unwilling or incapable of providing a solution, the 
       community of Sarnia has been forced to take matters into 
       its own hands. Women who have never thought of themselves 
       as "scientists" are now going door to door, collecting 
       health data from their neighbors in a search for answers. 
       They are demanding a voice in the running of their own 
       community from the complex of giant multinationals: Dow, 
       Shell, DuPont, Imperial Oil, Suncor, Nova, Bayer, and 
       dozens of others who have set the city's course until now.
       Rather than abandoning a place that's been called a "slow 
       motion Bhopal," or trying to shut down the plants, they 
       are pressing for answers that can close the books on the 
       past and reclaim the future. "The Beloved Community puts a
       human face on the statistics behind endocrine disruptors. 
       We would be foolish to ignore the warnings of this 
       important film. The future of our children and 
       grandchildren is at stake." - Devra Davis, PhD, National 
       Book Award Winner and Author of Secret History of the War 
       on Cancer. "This eloquent film about a vulnerable 
       community, terribly impacted by industrial toxins is a 
       'must see' for anyone concerned about environmental 
       justice." - Shanna Swan, PhD, Environmental Scientist and 
       Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of 
       Rochester School of Medicine. "Brings into focus the stark
       reality of pollution juxtaposed against the cultural 
       fabric of a strong tribal community that is struggling to 
       come to terms with the environmental health problems and 
       solve them in creative new ways. The subject itself- oil 
       pollution- is the most global chemical pollution problem 
       we face. This film is important for everyone to see, 
       especially those who are not yet convinced that fossil 
       fuels are harmful to our planet and its people." - 
       Kathleen Burns, sciencecorps.org. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Chemical industry|xEnvironmental aspects|xHealth aspects
       |zOntario. 
650  0 Pollution|xHealth aspects|xToxicology|zOntario. 
655  7 Documentary films.|2lcgft 
700 1  Calvert, Pamela,|efilm director. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
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