[pr-x] LEFT FILM NIGHT - Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020 - “The Devil We Know: the Chemistry of a Cover-Up”

[Kimball Cariou]

*/*LEFT FILM NIGHT */*
*"The Devil We Know: the Chemistry of a Cover-Up"*

/*Sunday, February 23, 2020, 7 pm*
Centre for Socialist Education, on Unceded Coast Salish Territories
706 Clark Drive, Vancouver (corner of Clark & E. Georgia)/

/Directed by Stephanie Soechtig, 95 minutes /

“The Devil We Know: the Chemistry of a Cover-Up ” (2018) documents how 
DuPont (which merged with Dow Chemical in 2017) has been producing the 
toxic chemical C8, which is used to make what we know as Teflon 
non-stick products (cookware, dental floss, clothing. furniture, etc.). 
It turns out that DuPont knew since the 1960s that C8 causes cancer and 
other diseases, but continues producing and selling the chemical 
worldwide. C8 is now found in 99.7% of US water supplies. "The Devil We 
Know" follows what happens after the discovery that C8 is being dumped 
in a river at Parkersburg, near a Du Pont plant in West Virginia, as the 
community takes on the powerful company. The documentary is relevant for 
Canada, where Teflon non-stick products are widely used.

No admission, but donations towards expenses are gratefully accepted. 
This showing will also be your last call to buy tickets (just $5) for 
the annual Bethune Dinner - the door prize at the dinner is an 
all-expenses paid trip for two to Cuba, and all tickets are entered in 
the draw!

For info, call 604-255-2041, email <pvoice at telus.net>

Left Film Nights are presented by the Centre for Socialist Education, 
Young Communist League, and the Vancouver East and UBC Clubs of the 
Communist Party of Canada.
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