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Toxic Exposure: Documentaries on Chemical Contamination

by mike_sean created 12 Jan 2014 | last updated - 14 Mar 2015
Documentary titles that look at the poisoning of our bodies and the pollution of our environment from deleterious chemicals.

List order is from newest to oldest (by year of release), and titles are sorted alphabetically within each year.

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Image of Hot Water
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Hot Water (2015 Documentary)
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Filmmaker Liz Rogers and director Kevin Flint go to South Dakota following a story on Uranium contamination... (80 mins.)
Director: Lizabeth Rogers, Kevin Flint
Stars: Lizabeth Rogers
 
Image of Containment
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Containment (2015 Documentary)
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Every nuclear weapon made, every watt of electricity produced from a nuclear power plant leaves a trail... (80 mins.)
Director: Peter Galison, Robb Moss
Stars: Arjun Makhijani
 
Image of Blackout: On Swan Pond
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Blackout: On Swan Pond (2014 Documentary)
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When a retention wall at a coal fired power plant spilled one billion tons of toxic ash into a small community in Southern Appalachia... (95 mins.)
Director: Scott Colthorp
 
Image of The Age of Aluminium
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The Age of Aluminium (2013 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
Aluminum is booming and found its way into every facet of our lives: But what do we actually know about the side effects of our daily companions? (93 mins.)
Director: Bert Ehgartner
 
Image of Homesick: Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
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Homesick: Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (2013 Documentary)
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Imagine your house is making you dangerously sick. Common products like paint, carpeting, new building... (56 mins.)
Director: Susan Abod
 
Image of The Human Experiment
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The Human Experiment (2013 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  
A documentary that explores chemicals found in everyday household products. (91 mins.)
Director: Don Hardy Jr., Dana Nachman
Stars: Sean Penn
 
Image of My Toxic Backyard
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My Toxic Backyard (2013 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.8/10 X  
Residents of a small community fight for clean drinking water as the contaminated soil of an old manufacturing plant continues leaking dangerous toxins into ground more than twenty years after the threat was first reported to the EPA. (60 mins.)
Director: Katie Damien
Stars: Tate MacQueen, Aaron Penland, Dot Rice
 
Image of Plastic: The Real Sea Monster
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Plastic: The Real Sea Monster (2013 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X  
Director: Friedemann Hottenbacher
 
Image of Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2013 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
Angela Sun's journey of discovery to one of the most remote places on Earth, Midway Atoll, to uncover... (57 mins.)
Director: Angela Sun
Stars: Lewis Goldsmith, Angela Sun
 
Image of Toxic Hot Seat
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Toxic Hot Seat (2013 Documentary)
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TOXIC HOT SEAT follows a courageous group of firefighters and mothers, journalists and scientists, politicians... (91 mins.)
Director: James Redford, Kirby Walker
 
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Unacceptable Levels (2013 Documentary)
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Our bodies are changing, as synthetic chemicals are becoming an everyday experience for all of us. Every... (76 mins.)
Director: Edward Brown
Stars: Ken Cook, Christopher Gavigan, Jeffrey Hollender, Stacy Malkan
 
Image of Aqua Seafoam Shame
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Aqua Seafoam Shame (2012 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
If Michael Moore were a lady who went after companies who still produce plastic, when the Pacific Garbage... (63 mins.)
Director: Veronica Grey
Stars: Robert August, Marc Bailey, Alisa Becerra, Trevor Bernard
 
Image of Plastic Shores
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Plastic Shores (2012 Documentary)
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'Plastic Shores' portrays the harmful effect that Plastic can have on Sea life Worldwide, how humans...
Director: Edward Scott-Clarke
Stars: John Anderson, Stacey Breining, Lyn Cooch, Jean-Michel Cousteau
 
Image of Trashed
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Trashed (2012 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
Jeremy Irons sets out to discover the extent and effects of the global waste problem, as he travels... (98 mins.)
Director: Candida Brady
Stars: Jeremy Irons, Evangelos Kalafatis, Clive Oxenden, Lynn Parker
 
Image of Living the Silent Spring
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Living the Silent Spring (2011 Documentary)
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(87 mins.)
Director: Masako Sakata
 
Image of Mercury Undercover
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Mercury Undercover (2011 Documentary)
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It is a gripping tale that will make you think twice before you eat your next catch-of-the-day or plan your next visit to the dentist's office. (70 mins.)
Director: Elizabeth Hong, Daniel Montoya
Stars: Charlie Brown, Jonathan Emord, William Glaros, Edward Group
 
Image of The Natural State of America
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The Natural State of America (2011 Documentary)
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A small group of residents in the Arkansas Ozarks battles the U.S. Forest Service and a rural electric coop to protect organic farms, wells, springs, and the first National River in the United States from being contaminated by herbicides.
Director: Terrell Case, Corey Gattin
Stars: Len Schlientz
 
Image of Our Daily Poison
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Our Daily Poison (2011 Documentary)
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An in-depth investigation into everyday products and the system charged with regulating them. Robin... (113 mins.)
Director: Marie-Monique Robin
 
Image of Pink Ribbons, Inc.
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Pink Ribbons, Inc. (2011 Documentary)
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Breast cancer has become the poster child of corporate cause-related marketing campaigns. Countless women and men walk... (97 mins.)
Director: Léa Pool
 
Image of Plasticized
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Plasticized (2011 Documentary)
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Plasticized is an intimate first-hand journey with the 5 Gyres Institute on the first scientific expedition... (48 mins.)
Director: Michael J. Lutman
Stars: Marcus Eriksen, Anna Cummins
 
Image of Plastiki and the Material of the Future
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Plastiki and the Material of the Future (2011 Documentary)
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Inspired by the recent discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an unlikely boat is built from... (95 mins.)
Director: Vern Moen
Stars: Alec Baldwin
 
Image of Toxic Baby
22.
Toxic Baby (2016 Documentary)
From the Manhattan skyline to the laboratories of Holland, one mother embarks on a journey of discovery through a surreal landscape of a talking fetus... (93 mins.)
Director: Penelope Jagessar Chaffer
 
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Bag It (2010 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
An average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know... (74 mins.)
Director: Suzan Beraza
Stars: Jeb Berrier, Jared Blumenfeld, Martin Bourque, Michael Braungart
 
Image of The Clean Bin Project
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The Clean Bin Project (2010 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
The Clean Bin Project is about a regular couple and their quest to answer the question 'is it possible... (77 mins.)
Director: Grant Baldwin
Stars: Grant Baldwin, Chris Jordan, Charles Moore, Jenny Rustemeyer
 
Image of Living Downstream
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Living Downstream (2010 Documentary)
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Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living Downstream... (85 mins.)
Director: Chanda Chevannes
Stars: Sandra Steingraber
 
Image of Toxic Soup
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Toxic Soup (2010 Documentary)
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Something is bad wrong as everyday Americans fight to protect their air, water and blood from pollution. (89 mins.)
Director: Rory Owen Delaney
Stars: Don Blankenship, Larry Brown, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
 
Image of The Warriors of Qiugang
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The Warriors of Qiugang (2010 Documentary)
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Villagers in a remote district of central China take on a chemical company that is poisoning their water and air. For five years they fight to transform their environment and as they do, they find themselves transformed as well. (39 mins.)
Director: Ruby Yang
Stars: Zhang Gongli, Wang Yongcui
 
Image of Chemerical Redefining Clean for a New Generation
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Chemerical Redefining Clean for a New Generation (2009 Documentary)
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'Chemerical' explores the life cycle of everyday household cleaners and hygiene products to prove that... (75 mins.)
Director: Andrew Nisker
 
Image of A Chemical Reaction
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A Chemical Reaction (2009 Documentary)
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Canada has spoken and toxic lawn and garden pesticides are now banned in most of the nation. A Chemical Reaction examines how Hudson... (79 mins.)
Director: Brett Plymale
 
Image of The Idiot Cycle
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The Idiot Cycle (2009 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
The Idiot Cycle investigates six major chemical companies not only responsible for decades of cancer causing chemicals, but who also profit from cancer treatments. (90 mins.)
Director: Emmanuelle Schick
Stars: Jean-Marc Abela, Judi Beecher, Jean-Francois Berthellot, Alice Buchalter
 
Image of In Our Backyard
31.
In Our Backyard (2009 Documentary)
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An expose on the polluted industrial towns surrounding the St. Louis area, and their connections to a well known chemical company known as Monsanto. (47 mins.)
Director: Michael Silberman
 
Image of Océans de plastique
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Océans de plastique (2009 Documentary)
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(54 mins.)
Director: Sandrine Feydel
Stars: Christiana Boerger, Anna Cummins, Melanie Delia, Marcus Eriksen
 
Image of Plastic Planet
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Plastic Planet (2009 Documentary)
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Werner Boote presents an up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that... (95 mins.)
Director: Werner Boote
Stars: Werner Boote, John Taylor, Peter Lieberzeit, Marques Brown
 
Image of Frontline: Poisoned Waters
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Frontline (1983 TV Series)
Episode: Poisoned Waters (2009)
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Frontline examines at the problem of water pollution in the United States. It focuses on the worsening conditions in the Puget Sound and Chesapeake Bay and looks at the threat posed by runoff from agriculture and industry. (60 mins.)
Director: Brent E. Huffman, Katerina Monemvassitis
Stars: Will Lyman, Arun Rath, Sarah Childress, Martin Smith
 
Image of Poisoning Paradise: Ecocide New Zealand
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Poisoning Paradise: Ecocide New Zealand (2009 Documentary)
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For the first time, supported by scientific evidence, and indisputable footage, this film exposes the... (90 mins.)
Director: Clyde Graf, Steve Graf
Stars: Lance Aldridge, Hugh Barr, Bryan Bassett-Smith, Jim Doherty
 
Image of A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms
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A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms (2009 Documentary)
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Director: Don McCorkell
Stars: Joanne Burkholder, Larry Cahoon, Parris N. Glendening, Michael Greger
 
Image of Addicted to Plastic
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Addicted to Plastic (2008 Documentary)
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A Canadian documentary on modern society's 'addiction' to plastic; our prolific use of this product, its effects on the earth and on us, and where our unwanted plastic ends up. (85 mins.)
Director: Ian Connacher
 
Image of The Disappearing Male
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The Disappearing Male (2008 Documentary)
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(60 mins.)
Director: Marc de Guerre
 
Image of Homo toxicus
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Homo toxicus (2008 Documentary)
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Documentarian Carole Poliquin examines the politics and science behind the more than 100,000 man-made chemicals that contaminate human beings, mammals, plants, and fish. (86 mins.)
Director: Carole Poliquin
Stars: Kevin Arroyo, Jacques Auger, Robert Bolduc, James Brophy
 
Image of Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home
40.
Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home (2007 Documentary)
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Take your average urban family the Mcdonalds and ask them to keep every scrap of garbage they create for three months... (76 mins.)
Director: Andrew Nisker
Stars: Glen McDonald, Michele McDonald, Ariel McDonald, Thomas McDonald
 
Image of Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own
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Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own (2007 Documentary)
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After the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of U.S. veterans suffered toxic reactions, neurological damage... (110 mins.)
Director: Gary Null
Stars: George W. Bush, Joyce Riley, Doug Rokke
 
Image of Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines
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Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines (2007 Documentary)
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The film tells the very real and ongoing story of what many claim is the biggest cover up in aviation history... (93 mins.)
Director: Tristan Loraine
 
Image of Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11
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Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 (2006 Documentary)
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Five years after 9/11, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center continue to claim the lives of American citizens... (65 mins.)
Director: Heidi Dehncke-Fisher
Stars: Steve Buscemi
 
Image of Blue Vinyl
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Blue Vinyl (2002 Documentary)
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The hazards of bio-accumulation, pollution, and the makeup of what we commonly hope are benign plastics are tackled in this documentary. (98 mins.)
Director: Daniel B. Gold, Judith Helfand
Stars: William Baggett, Charlie Cray, Daniel B. Gold, Patrick 'Paddy O'Furniture' Hayes
 
Image of American Experience: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
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American Experience (1988 TV Series)
Episode: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1993)
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A series showcasing documentaries on American history. (60 mins.)
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
 
Image of In Our Water
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In Our Water (1982 Documentary)
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A New Jersey family discovers their drinking water is contaminated with deadly poisons from a nearby landfill. (60 mins.)
Director: Meg Switzgable
Stars: Frank Kaler, Rita Kaler
 
Image of Politics of Poison
47.
Politics of Poison (1982 Documentary)
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A documentary focusing on the controversy over spraying pesticides in Humboldt County, California. (60 mins.)
Director: David Rabinovitch
Stars: Michael Learned
 
Image of For Export Only: Pesticides
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For Export Only: Pesticides (1980 Documentary)
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Prohibited and restricted agricultural products sold without proper information. Documents the "circle... (57 mins.)
Director: Robert Richter
Stars: Robert Richter
 
Image of A Plague on Our Children
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A Plague on Our Children (1979 Documentary)
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Dioxins, PCBs and profit v. public health. A hard-hitting investigation of dioxins and PCBs, with a... (116 mins.)
Director: Robert Richter