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Our Stolen Future - Revisited 15 Years Later (Full Version)
Uploaded on Sep 5, 2011
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1206653864/toxic-baby-the-worlds-first-interactive-documentar?
Toxic Baby: the world's first interactive documentary app
by Penelope Jagessar Chaffer
Toxic chemicals can affect our kids' health. I found out how, gave a TED talk, made a film and now I'm turning it into an app.
Taking science from the lab and putting it directly into your hands.
THE TOXIC BABY?
Recently TED published the talk “The Toxic Baby,” which was based on my feature length documentary of the same name. The film is a cinematic look at how chemicals in our day-to-day lives can affect the health and development of babies and children. My Kickstarter campaign is to turn the movie into the world's first interactive documentary app for the iPad.
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But what's the point? We're all doomed aren't we?
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Toxic Baby: the world's first interactive documentary app
by Penelope Jagessar Chaffer
Toxic chemicals can affect our kids' health. I found out how, gave a TED talk, made a film and now I'm turning it into an app.
Taking science from the lab and putting it directly into your hands.
THE TOXIC BABY?
Recently TED published the talk “The Toxic Baby,” which was based on my feature length documentary of the same name. The film is a cinematic look at how chemicals in our day-to-day lives can affect the health and development of babies and children. My Kickstarter campaign is to turn the movie into the world's first interactive documentary app for the iPad.
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But what's the point? We're all doomed aren't we?
Well actually this science says that we can profoundly shape the future of diseases like cancer, autism, asthma and the other diseases associated with environmental chemical pollution. Watch what the eminent environmental health researcher and coauthor of "Our Stolen Future" J. Peterson Myers PhD has to say: 2014 VIDEO
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Toxic Baby: the world's first interactive documentary app
by Penelope Jagessar Chaffer
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You have several options: watch the film in its entirety and not interact, watch the film and interact as the options appear or you can scroll through and pick when to interact. Once the Toxic Baby monster icon appears, your interactive choices will be available. The hearts on the scroll bar timeline represent ‘favorited’ moments of the film that can be shared via social media or email.
The Index:
Accessing video content by topic, the "Index" is structured alphabetically, much like a book index, so you can search the entire Toxic Baby video archive from A - Z. The Index also contains outtakes, additional filmed content, animations, illustrations and graphic design that is not part of the film or its interactive material.
The scientists:
Viewers can access interview content by scientist. The scientific contributors are listed as chapters on the dashboard, so the viewer can navigate content by scientist.
Maps:
You can also access the Toxic Baby content geographically. "Maps" will be populated with known chemical contamination sites such as lead and other chemical factories, fracking wells, superfund sites, toxic chemical spills, coal fired power plants, and more. Users are invited to upload a short smart phone video discussing their experiences with chronic childhood disease and/or interactions with known chemical sites. The app also takes advantage of the iPad’s geolocation technology where the user will be able to discover any environmental toxicity and chronic childhood diseases present in their own community. The crowd sourcing of material in this way has also never been done before and brings another dimension to the interactive documentary experience.
Updates:
Once a film is released or a book published, the material it contains cannot be updated (often rendering it quickly out of date), particularly with a topic like this where information changes so quickly. With the Toxic Baby app the information will be updated when new studies or statistics are released. As of last year apps can be updated without having to go to the app store to do it, so when I update, it goes straight to you. Whenever you access Toxic Baby, you can be sure that you are accessing the best, most up to date information available. An example of this is the autism figures. When I started making the film, the figure for the US was 1 in 150 American children were being diagnosed with an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). By the beginning of April 2014, the CDC had released the newest figures, which are 1 in 68. In less than 10 years, I have personally witnessed that figure skyrocket. I've had to update the graphics 6 times! When we get landmark figures like this we can update and keep the information current, relevant and most importantly for documentary, factual.
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Toxic Baby: the world's first interactive documentary app
by Penelope Jagessar Chaffer
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You have several options: watch the film in its entirety and not interact, watch the film and interact as the options appear or you can scroll through and pick when to interact. Once the Toxic Baby monster icon appears, your interactive choices will be available. The hearts on the scroll bar timeline represent ‘favorited’ moments of the film that can be shared via social media or email.
The Index:
Accessing video content by topic, the "Index" is structured alphabetically, much like a book index, so you can search the entire Toxic Baby video archive from A - Z. The Index also contains outtakes, additional filmed content, animations, illustrations and graphic design that is not part of the film or its interactive material.
The scientists:
Viewers can access interview content by scientist. The scientific contributors are listed as chapters on the dashboard, so the viewer can navigate content by scientist.
Maps:
You can also access the Toxic Baby content geographically. "Maps" will be populated with known chemical contamination sites such as lead and other chemical factories, fracking wells, superfund sites, toxic chemical spills, coal fired power plants, and more. Users are invited to upload a short smart phone video discussing their experiences with chronic childhood disease and/or interactions with known chemical sites. The app also takes advantage of the iPad’s geolocation technology where the user will be able to discover any environmental toxicity and chronic childhood diseases present in their own community. The crowd sourcing of material in this way has also never been done before and brings another dimension to the interactive documentary experience.
Updates:
Once a film is released or a book published, the material it contains cannot be updated (often rendering it quickly out of date), particularly with a topic like this where information changes so quickly. With the Toxic Baby app the information will be updated when new studies or statistics are released. As of last year apps can be updated without having to go to the app store to do it, so when I update, it goes straight to you. Whenever you access Toxic Baby, you can be sure that you are accessing the best, most up to date information available. An example of this is the autism figures. When I started making the film, the figure for the US was 1 in 150 American children were being diagnosed with an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). By the beginning of April 2014, the CDC had released the newest figures, which are 1 in 68. In less than 10 years, I have personally witnessed that figure skyrocket. I've had to update the graphics 6 times! When we get landmark figures like this we can update and keep the information current, relevant and most importantly for documentary, factual.
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http://toxicbaby.com/blog/meet-the-scientist-professor-richard-sharpe-phd
(2010) Meet the Scientists: 1
They may not have a long black cape or pointy ears but scientists in all their various guises are the rising superheroes of this twenty first century toxic world. Right now, all around the world, they work to untangle the web of unknown that surrounds the issue of chemical toxicity, seeking to protect men, women, children and the occasional polar bear from chemical toxicity. For years, many have not been heard, but that’s all about to change.
In the Meet the Scientists postings, you’ll meet each of eighteen scientific contributors who are the real stars of this show. I was so fortunate to get access to this group and they were the loveliest, funniest, coolest group of science heads you could possibly hope for. Toxic Baby™ *hearts* its scientific contributors.
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So in honor of Professor Richard Sharpe’s new research initiative that made headlines in the UK recently, I thought I would launch this section with an introduction to him and his work. Professor Sharpe is a male reproductive expert, based at the Queen’s Medical Research Institute and has spent many years researching male reproductive disorders. It was a real coup to get him on board. We were introduced by another of our contributors and Professor Sharpe was instrumental in linking me with another scientist whom he felt we had to feature. The interview version of running a relay race.
Here is a little snippet of our interview: VIDEO AT LINK.
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(2010) Meet the Scientists: 1
They may not have a long black cape or pointy ears but scientists in all their various guises are the rising superheroes of this twenty first century toxic world. Right now, all around the world, they work to untangle the web of unknown that surrounds the issue of chemical toxicity, seeking to protect men, women, children and the occasional polar bear from chemical toxicity. For years, many have not been heard, but that’s all about to change.
In the Meet the Scientists postings, you’ll meet each of eighteen scientific contributors who are the real stars of this show. I was so fortunate to get access to this group and they were the loveliest, funniest, coolest group of science heads you could possibly hope for. Toxic Baby™ *hearts* its scientific contributors.
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So in honor of Professor Richard Sharpe’s new research initiative that made headlines in the UK recently, I thought I would launch this section with an introduction to him and his work. Professor Sharpe is a male reproductive expert, based at the Queen’s Medical Research Institute and has spent many years researching male reproductive disorders. It was a real coup to get him on board. We were introduced by another of our contributors and Professor Sharpe was instrumental in linking me with another scientist whom he felt we had to feature. The interview version of running a relay race.
Here is a little snippet of our interview: VIDEO AT LINK.
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Also, Dr. David Santillo, Dr. Gavin ten Tusscher, Dr. Michael P. Wilson, Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana, Dr. Tyrone Hayes, Dr. Pete Myers, Professor Janna Koppe... (unable to locate more names yet).
