Mit der Erfindung der Dampfmaschine fing es an. Mit revolutionärer Rasanz machte sich der Mensch die Erde untertan. Eine Erfindung jagte die nächste, eine Technologie toppte die andere. Für mehr Komfort. Mehr Konsum. Mehr Wohlstand. Und die Erde? Wie lange hält sie den Menschen angesichts der ungeheuren Umweltzerstörung noch aus? Jean-Robert Viallet blickt anhand von Archivaufnahmen aus aller Welt in die Geschichte der letzten beiden Jahrhunderte, von der Kohle-Ära bis in die Zeit von Big Data.

A searing examination of the contamination that sparked an international catastrophe and the decades’ long battle with some of the world’s largest chemical companies for justice and compensation.

In an era of throw-away ease, convenience has cost us our well-being. Plastics have been found inside our bodies— in our colons, our brains, and even in mothers’ developing wombs. Scientists around the country are sounding the alarm, but without public buy-in, there is little that can be done. How much evidence do we need before we decide to take action?

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