An urgent alert from the US Section of the
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Don't Miss Seeing This Movie -- and Taking Action!
DARK WATERSopens in theaters in late November.
View the trailerfor this new film about PFAS chemical contaminationin Parkersburg, a small West Virginia town. Read the true story of how it all started with 100 dead cows. We urge you to see the film and take action on its warnings with WILPF's new handout!
The film shows the consequences of toxic PFAS contamination -- on livestock, wildlife, and the community. We activists can use the showings of this film as an opportunity to further inform the audiences about PFAS.
Here is a handout, formatted with four to a page and with text on both sides. You can print it out, duplicate it, and cut into quarters. Seize this opportunity to offer this handout to those entering or leaving the theater. (If you go into the lobby, be sure to ask for permission to hand these out inside.)
On the handout, we explain that PFAS chemicals were used in both consumer products and in the military's special fire-fighting foam for hot jet-fuel fires. We encourage the reader to learn more about our project: The Pentagon: Exposing the Hidden Polluter of Water by going to the Earth Democracy website. That's where we'll be posting factsheets and other informational materials.
Water and environmental justice groups are already saying this may be the film that will outrage the public. Both DuPont and the military knew, since the 1940s, that PFAS chemicals were carcinogenic. Yet they looked the other way to protect profits and escape liability! Is Dark Waters the film that will move people to demand action, not only by our state government but also by Congress?
Take Action
Please take time to see this movie and
offer our handout to moviegoers.
Let's get out the word about our project on The Pentagon: Exposing the Hidden Polluter of Water -- and about the Department of Defense's responsibility for the drinking water crisis and health crisis on bases and in surrounding communities.
Randa Solick and Nancy Price
On behalf of the Earth Democracy Leadership Team
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/US Section
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