Blybarnen [2009]

I utkanten av Arica finns spår från Boliden. Giftigt avfall från Boliden dumpades i utkanten av den chilenska staden Arica. Ett berg med 20 000 ton våtverksslam från guldförädlingen på Rönnskärsverken i Skellefteå. Fem minuter från berget ligger bostadsområdet Cerro Chuño. Många människor i området har blivit sjuka. Avfallet låg helt oskyddat Barn lekte i avfallsberget som hade sand i alla regnbågens färger. Många barn har blivit allvarligt sjuka. Man kallar dem blybarn. Vem bär ansvaret?

Toxic Playground

Swedish Lars, 23, is studying film in Chile. 12-year old Yoselin is a belly dancer and wants to become a doctor, but her hips are beginning to crumble. Lars finds that hundreds of kids in Cerro Chuño have fallen badly ill because of toxic waste from his home town in Sweden.
Lars tries to find out whether Boliden, the mining company involved, is accountable for what has happened to Yoselin and the other kids.
Boliden refuses to take any responsibility for what has happened. But Lars finds Rolf, the former head of environment of Boliden. Rolf admit that his advice to the company was necessary for the decision to send the waste away and surpisengly decides to follow Lars back to Chile to find out what really happened.

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