Recherche dans la collection - Herbicide Trials

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: VIDÉO

1985-0127

Film

1 of 1

1984

National Film Board

director/editing/photography, Neal Livingston; producer, Kent Martin; executive produer, Barry Cowling; sound, Arthur McKay; sound editing, Sean Whalen; music, Leon Dubinsky

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In 1983, fifteen Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, landowners went to court to stop the spraying of herbicides by the local subsidiary of a Swedish multinational on forests adjacent to their properties. They found that the testimony of scientists and the support of public opinion, both here and abroad, were not enough to win their case. The film shows their ordeal and the landmark Sydney trials. Concerns raised included potential conflict-of-interest situations where a government must protect citizens' health while supporting certain kinds of industry; the relative value of the political and judicial processes in mediating social problems; and the need for a public forum for debating environmental issues. The film contains outstanding footage from chemical-industry films of the 1950s and recent material about Vietnam veterans affected by Agent Orange. <48mn 16s>

106C 0184 051

Libre

GAD 0FD579

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