{"product_id":"blue-vinyl-the-worlds-first-toxic-comedy","title":"Blue Vinyl: The World's First Toxic Comedy","description":"Amazon.com\n\nPart family comedy and part horrifying investigative reportage, Blue Vinyl can make one simultaneously laugh and shiver with fear in the same, deceptively low-key moments. Documentary filmmaker Judith Helfand, upset that her parents are re-siding their house with blue vinyl, sets out (with co-director Daniel B. Gold) to discover how vinyl is made and why, according to some scientists, it is the most hazardous of synthetic materials. Along the way, she meets industry representatives who tell her the key chemical ingredient in vinyl, chloride, is no more toxic than table salt. She also travels to Venice, Italy, to meet with families of vinyl factory workers dead or dying from chemical exposure, and she visits an intrepid, Louisiana attorney who has sued American vinyl manufacturers on behalf of severely injured former employees. The tale is grim, yet the often on-screen Helfand's approach is folksy and calm--less so when her skeptical parents reject, in several funny scenes, even empirical data about a product they find so convenient. --Tom Keogh\n\nProduct Description\n\nWITH A TENDER-HEARTED AGENDA \u0026amp; VINYL SIDING FIRMLY IN HAND, FILMMAKER JUDITH HELFAND SET OUT TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THE POTENTIALLY TOXIC EFFECTS OF THE MATERIAL, USED IN BUILDING AUTOMOBILES, COMPUTERS \u0026amp; CHILDREN'S TOYS.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0006212H2\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0006212H2.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Patrick 'Paddy O'Furniture' Hayes|Charlie Cray|Florence Helfand|Judith Helfand|Cesare Maltoni|George Lucier|Ampelio Magro|Daniel B. Gold|Gerry Markowitz|William Baggett|Rick Hind|Ted Helfand\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41466578960442,"sku":"DBV.B0006212H2.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0006212H2-0.jpg?v=1781461280","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/blue-vinyl-the-worlds-first-toxic-comedy","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}