Exposing a brand with evidence from @zephzoid
The creator makes a case against the berry company Driscoll's by presenting a sequence of statistics, news clippings, and claims about pesticide use. He links the company's agricultural practices in Santa Cruz County to what he reports as the second-highest childhood cancer rate in California, identifies specific toxic chemicals used, and concludes by urging viewers to distrust large corporations and use an app to find local food producers.
Creator: @zephzoid on Instagram
Transcript
I wish this was fake, but residents near America's most popular berry farms report a thirty eight percent higher incidence of childhood cancer. Santa Cruz County is the heart of California's $3,000,000,000 strawberry industry, and home to Driscoll's worse headquarters. Rank coincidentally, it also has the second highest childhood cancer rate of any county in California. At twenty two point five childhood cancers per 100,000 children, the rate is more than thirty eight percent above the statewide
Topics: Food Politics, Health, Agriculture, Social Activism
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