HOW TO POISON A PLANET - a World Water Film Festival / Chicago Water Week Event

Toxic chemicals are in our water. This is the story of the people who fought to expose the truth.

, a feature documentary that traces the decades-long cover-up of PFAS contamination in American communities—and the fight to hold those responsible accountable. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Katrina McGowan and featuring actor and activist Mark Ruffalo, the film sheds light on the impact of “forever chemicals” and the lives forever changed by them.

World Water Film Festival

With behind the scenes access to the largest litigation involving drinking water in American history, 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. Spanning from the heart of New York City to a small First Nations community in Australia the film exposes one of the most widespread environmental disasters in human history.

With behind the scenes access to the largest litigation involving drinking water in American history, 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. Spanning from the heart of New York City to a small First Nations community in Australia the film exposes one of the most widespread environmental disasters in human history.