Plastic Planet (2009)

Fred vom Saal: Self

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• Fred vom Saal : So it's not just that you're infertile. You are unfortunately fertile enough to produce an abnormal baby. Anything stored in a polycarbonate container will contain Bisphenol A, 100%. It is certain. It is an indirect food additive. Anything stored in Bisphenol A should have Bisphenol A listed as a component of the food you are eating. What's the difference between what is put in by the food processor or what is put in as a result of the food packager? If you can legally create a situation where the food processor must tell you, why can't you create a situation where the food packager must tell you? The food packager in the United States happens to be the biggest chemical companies in the world: General Electric, Dow Chemical, uh, Shell Oil for many years, uh, you know, Bayer, Mitsubishi, these are very, very powerful corporations, and they have tremendous power over politicians.

• Fred vom Saal : I would say that at this time we cannot state that there is any safe plastic.

  Werner Boote : We're still alive.

  Fred vom Saal : That's a very good point. These chemicals do not kill you. They just harm your quality of life. They give you asthma. They lead to obesity. They lead to brain disorders.

  Werner Boote : On the other hand, all those materials help me to stay alive as well. When I'm going to the hospital, everything is made out of plastic.

  Fred vom Saal : Yes. On your way to the hospital for chemotherapy and radiation therapy for the cancer caused by these chemicals, you ask yourself, "Have they really improved the quality of the life I am living?" That's the question.