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THE KILLER TOXINS INSIDE US A new Australian documentary based on the work of Sydney Morning Herald/The Age journalist Carrie Fellner and featuring actor Mark Ruffalo exposes the chemical corporations behind “forever chemicals” and the battle to hold them to account. Nearly everyone on the planet has these toxic chemicals in their blood-streams. They’re found in human breast milk and umbilical cord blood as well as in other animals such as polar bears. They’re called “forever chemicals” because they never break down in the environment and they stay in our bodies, causing a range of health effects including cancer, heart disease, immune system dysfunction and developmental delays in children. These per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, were invented in the 1930s and became the basis of a billion-dollar industry because of their…

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