- Blue Vinyl
"Blue Vinyl" is a 2002
documentary film directed by Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand. With a lighthearted tone, the film follows one woman's quest for an environmentally sound cladding for her parents' house in Merrick,Long Island ,New York . It also investigates the many negative health effects ofpolyvinyl chloride its production, use and disposal, focusing on the communities of Lake Charles and Mossville,Louisiana , andVenice, Italy . Filming for "Blue Vinyl" began in 1994.Blue Vinyl teamed up with
Working Films to create the [http://www.myhouseisyourhouse.org My House is Your House Campaign] to turn the film into an organizing tool by increasing deliberate consumer advocacy and influencing industry change. [http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/articles/blue_vinyl_and_the_my_house_is_your_house_consumer_organizing_campaign_2002] [http://workingfilms.org/display.php?modin=50&uid=10]The film received scrutiny [http://www.healthybuilding.net/press/blue_vinyl_re-edit.html] when the DVD was released with portions missing from the original broadcast. Lori Sanzone, a woman diagnosed with
angiosarcoma of liver (ASL), a type of cancer associated with vinyl exposure, had her diagnosis changed to a different disease. Also, after an out-of-court settlement, an Italian court ended a lawsuit talked about in "Blue Vinyl".ee also
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Vinyl siding
*Polyvinyl chloride
*Louisiana Bucket Brigade External links
* [http://www.bluevinyl.org/ "Blue Vinyl"] homepage
* [http://www.workingfilms.org/bluevinyl "Blue Vinyl"] at [http://www.workingfilms.org Working Films]
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* [http://www.myhouseisyourhouse.org/ My House is Your House]
* [http://www.pvcfree.org/ PVC: The Poison Plastic]
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