How to Poison a Planet
Walkley award winning journalist, Carrie Fellner, investigates a nation-wide health and environmental catastrophe that leads to one of the most powerful multi-national companies in the world.
How to Poison a Planet. Courtesy of IKandy Films Pty Ltd.
Project Type: Documentary Feature
Year: 2024
Screen NSW support: Production Finance
Company: IKandy Films Pty Ltd
Director: Katrina McGowan
Producer: Janine Hosking, Katrina McGowan
Production Details: IMDb page
Walkley award winning journalist, Carrie Fellner, investigates one of Australia’s biggest ever environmental disasters and in the process uncovers an equally devastating health impact on communities nationwide. Her investigation will lead her to take on one of the most powerful multi-national companies in the world. From the heart of New York City and the largest litigation involving drinking water in American history, to a small Australian Aboriginal community who take on their own David and Goliath battle, Revealed: How To Poison A Planet investigates how the use of a product as seemingly harmless as firefighting foam, has resulted in the contamination of communities all over the world. Since the 1950s, these toxic "forever chemicals" have spread to every corner of the globe and can now be found in the blood of 98% of the world’s population and are used in everyday household items from cookware, to clothing and makeup.