Watch For Export Only: Pharmaceuticals

Documents U.S. and western European medicines marketed in developing nations with minimal, misleading or non-existent information. The products are banned or restricted in their countries of origin because they cause blindness, liver disorders, central nervous system diseases, sterility and death in humans, and are carcinogenic or in laboratory animals. Journal of Pharmacy Teaching : "Of value and interest. It will present another face of the pharmaceutical industry, contrasting greatly with the one ordinarily presented to students and practitioners of medicine and pharmacy in the U.S." Specific products and manufacturers are named as the film documents their use and abuse in Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Kenya, Japan, Bangladesh and Malaysia. Today's brand names may be changed, but the practices documented have not. Only one manufacturer agreed to be interviewed for this hard-hitting report. They then tried to bribe the producer so that he would cancel its telecast. "More of a piece of investigative journalism than any other program honored. And what made it special was that it was produced not by a major station or network, but by Robert Richter, an independent producer. He beat the networks, with all their money, at their own game." -New York Times report on DuPont Columbia Award (TV's Pulitzer Prize) This is Part Two of two one-hours on this global practice. Part One is "For Export Only: Pesticides." More at www.RichterVideos.com