The toxins return how industrial poisons travel the globe

"In an era of high-speed international commerce, safety standards and import inspection procedures are riddled with loopholes. The result? Quantities of dangerous substances found in goods manufactured overseas have risen dramatically. This program investigates the alarming global mobility of synthetic toxins, tracing egregious--yet often repeated--hazardous material violations from supplier to storefront. Textile producers in India, a popular retail outlet in Germany, and ports and ground-shipment depots in between all reveal their roles in transporting industrial residues and waste. Activists, government authorities, and workers all-too-familiar with toxic exposure speak out on the dangers."--Films Media Group website.

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""In an era of high-speed international commerce, safety standards and import inspection procedures are riddled with loopholes. The result? Quantities of dangerous substances found in goods manufactured overseas have risen dramatically. This program investigates the alarming global mobility of synthetic toxins, tracing egregious--yet often repeated--hazardous material violations from supplier to storefront. Textile producers in India, a popular retail outlet in Germany, and ports and ground-shipment depots in between all reveal their roles in transporting industrial residues and waste. Activists, government authorities, and workers all-too-familiar with toxic exposure speak out on the dangers."--Films Media Group website."@en
"Every fifth container arriving at the port of Hamburg from Asia is contaminated with dangerous toxins. There are no legal limits for pesticides in imported goods. To protect the goods many containers are even treated with nerve gases which have long been banned in Europe. Whenever customs officials in Hamburg find such a contaminated container they have no legal means of confiscating to protect consumers. These toxins can be traced to our clothing and children's toys. They are a public health theat."@en
""Barbie, H&M jeans, corn - just some of the products recalled due to fears of dangerous chemicals. Now a wave of toxicity cases is drawing our attention to cheap manufacturing in countries without chemical controls. In this sobering program, we follow the toxic trail from field worker to customs official to high street shopper. How confidently can we trust the products in our family homes? With expert interviews and real life cases of consumers and employees that have suffered from toxin exposure, this controversial program sets to lift the lid on everything we as consumers trusted was safe.."--Container."
""In an era of high-speed international commerce, safety standards and import inspection procedures are riddled with loopholes. The result? Quantities of dangerous substances found in goods manufactured overseas have risen dramatically. This program investigates the alarming global mobility of synthetic toxins, tracing egregious-yet often repeated-hazardous material violations from supplier to storefront. Textile producers in India, a popular retail outlet in Germany, and ports and ground-shipment depots in between all reveal their roles in transporting industrial residues and waste. Activists, government authorities, and workers all-too-familiar with toxic exposure speak out on the dangers."--Container."@en