REVIEW: "The Plastic Detox"

Informative, humanizing, and at moments downright scary, this eye-opening documentary is sure to make waves.

Interviewees in The Plastic Detox  ask how it’s possible that industrial companies have been allowed to make such prevalent products without knowing or addressing the potential and proven harms.

Viewers will want to know the same after this wake-up call, which explores the correlations between plastic chemical exposure and a huge range of illnesses, defects, and health problems. The film could inspire individual and societal action.

Make this film required viewing – and then run out and buy your bamboo toothbrush.

What makes it so impactful is the combination of science, through engaging animated explainers and expert interviews, with human stories, including six couples experiencing unexplainable fertility issues and a majority-Black community in Louisiana that stands up to big industry.

A barrage of proof is supplied to show that the chemicals in plastic are everywhere and have detrimental health effects on humans and the environment, while a lack of regulation at the government level has left us (and our planet) vulnerable.

You’d be forgiven for not expecting a happy ending, but the documentary surprises there as well. 

This review originally ran on Common Sense Media.

Images courtesy of Netflix.