"There is no safe level...only those with an acceptable level of risk." ~EPA
One of the films I am most looking forward to being completed and released is the upcoming documentary Accpetable Levels? by Ed Brown.
"Acceptable Levels?", is a feature length film, in conjunction with learned scientists, doctors, and experts in the field, who will reveal the truth about toxins in the environment, and in ourselves.
I discovered the facebook page for Acceptable Levels? an it's film maker Ed Brown sometime last year. I am so eagerly anticipating this film that I told Ed I would do whatever I can to help him raise money to finish the film and promote it once it's released.
Ed and his family have been traveling around the country interviewing safe cosmetics activists like Stacy Malkan, author of Not Just a Pretty Face and co-founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, pediatricians like Dr. Jim Sears, scientists, experts in environmental toxicity, biochemists, cosmetics companies, cleaning product manufacturers and more, discussing this concept of acceptable levels of toxic ingredients in the products we bring into our homes and expose our families to.
To see a trailer for the film on You Tube, go here.
Most of costs of production of this film have been footed by Ed and his family. He is trying to raise $10,000 to complete production of the film and get it released. He is hoping that people like you and me will donate to the cause. You can donate as little as $5 or as much as you can here. Depending on the level of your donation, you can get some really cool stuff, too.
The goals of this project are lengthy, but the main issue is protecting the lives of human beings, animals and this planet, which is of course, life itself as we know it. We open with the inception of chemical weapons in the 1940's and then demonstrate how they had been augmented to then kill plants and insects on a much broader scale. The film then flows into sections on why 65,000 chemicals had been grandfathered in by The Toxic Substances Control Act, the ramifications of that law, and what it had cost us in terms of overall safety. We then move into the core of our film, which is what our everyday products are truly made of, which is in large part, OIL. We anticipate an approximate running time of one hour and thirty minutes in length, as we wish to display the full breadth of the problems, while also supplying adequate time for solutions.
As we're pouring billions of dollars into research, testing, pharmaceutical drugs, and agencies to combat disease, the concept that is currently qualified is that of treatment. We, on the other hand, are attempting to provide one of prevention. This film is not designed to impart a demonstrative answer to cure all disease, but rather clear enough proof that by taking a precautionary approach to what we are putting into our bodies, we will inherently cut our exposure risks dramatically and thusly we can live healthier lives without the high price tag.
Most people are oblivious to this dire situation and when they begin to comprehend, they fear for themselves and their children, and then they seek out answers. We want this film to act as a tremendous springboard for that action, and we are forward thinking about how this film can continue to facilitate further outreach. As the universities and organizations associated with this issue gain further exposure, they provide a great deal of content that needs to be examined, with future prospects of creating an online database that people may migrate to as they search for answers at (acceptablesolutions.org).
We have currently filmed at The Environmental Working Group, The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics, Environmental Defence Canada, The University of Boston, American University, Tufts University, UMass, Seventh Generation, UC Berkeley, Healthy Child Healthy World, The Autism Society of America, The University of Michigan, The Pesticide Action Network, The USGS and a long list of others. We want to make an honest film that gives people what they need, the ability to make better choices...! The funding is to help the film itself become a completed work and to help us get the film out. Your support means that we can reach more people with real answers to difficult questions.
I will be donating to help finish the film and am hoping to host a house party showing the film once it's released. What about you? Will you donate to help get this important film completed and released?
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