Most people want the conveniences of modern life - the cell phones, computers, and perfect-looking food. But it seems we are paying a high price: being poisoned by chemicals. This excellent film contains may alarming facts and stories about the man-made chemicals we ingest in our food and water. Children are the most affected, damaged physically and mentally by the fish their mothers ate during pregnancy, by eating too much fish or meat themselves, or by drinking water drawn too close to waste dumps. Chemical kids takes us around the world, following the trail of the chemistry we have unleased. It tracks down the researchers who are studying the effects of the chemicals we use. Industry is allowed to use 100,000 synthetic chemicals but we know little about 86,000 of them.

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