[Vision2020] Free showing of documentary film

[Bill London]

Free showing of documentary film 
  
A documentary about a successful Canadian campaign to ban dangerous pesticides, “A Chemical Reaction,” will be shown at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 20 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in downtown Moscow.  Admission is free. 
  
The film is co-sponsored by the Moscow Food Co-op, Moscow Recycling, Gritman Medical Center, and the City of Moscow Sustainable Environment Commission. Come early to see the Natural Abode’s display in the Kenworthy lobby. 
  
Film summary: “A Chemical Reaction” is a 70-minute feature documentary movie that tells the story of one of the most powerful and effective community initiatives in the history of North America. It started with one lone voice in 1984.  Dr. June Irwin, a dermatologist, noticed a connection between her patients’ health conditions and their exposure to chemical pesticides and herbicides.  With relentless persistence she brought her concerns to town meetings to warn her fellow citizens that the chemicals they were putting on their lawns posed severe health risks and had unknown side effects on the environment. Dr. Irwin’s persuasive arguments and data to back her findings eventually led the town of Hudson, Quebec to enact a by-law that banned the use of all chemical pesticides and herbicides.  The most mighty chemical companies in North America put their full legal weight on the tiny town and eventually the case made it to the Supreme Court. 
The town’s right to protect its citizens was upheld, and — like a row of dominoes — other municipalities followed suit. The movement spread so far and wide that the entire province of Quebec enacted a ban and Home Depot stopped putting the dangerous pesticide products on their shelves. 
  
The Co-op is located at 121 East Fifth Street in downtown Moscow. 
  
  
  
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