Before starting a family, Soozie Eastman, daughter of an industrial chemical distributor, embarks on a journey to find out the levels of toxins in her body and explores if there is anything she or anyone else can do to change them. She has just learned that hundreds of synthetic toxins are now found in every baby born in America and the government and chemical corporations are doing little to protect citizens and consumers. With guidance from world-renowned physicians and environmental leaders, interviews with scientists and politicians, and stories of everyday Americans, Soozie uncovers how we got to be so overloaded with chemicals and if there is anything we can do to take control of our exposure.
Marcus, an average young man awakens to find his apartment under quarantine and completely isolated from the outside world. Ominous messages about toxins and evacuations plaster each screen of his various electronic devices, leaving his next door neighbor as the only person he has contact with. Scared, and with few resources, the two try to navigate there way through the indefinite wait - staving off hunger, boredom, and paranoia.
Calvin and Iris's dream vacation turns into a nightmare when a satellite the government claimed to have destroyed crashes near their campsite and releases a deadly toxic cloud.
A nature field researcher is investigating the strange extinction of small animals and insects in the area, which indicates that something is wrong. His suspicions are soon to be proven right when he meets May, who lives in a cabin in the forest nearby. May says that her house is infested by small creatures that she thinks are mice or rats. When the couple search the house further, they notice that they're not rodents or insects. They are fast evolving lizards that have the appetite for animals and humans, no matter what size their prey are...
Unraveling one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, a group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical — now found in the blood of 99.7% of Americans — into the local drinking water supply.
When terrorist action releases a secret government virus in the Houston Federal building, the employees become aggressive and homicidal. Federal officials quarantine the building to wipe out the infected and control the story, but a small group of uninfected are fighting to get out.
C'è qualcosa nell'aria. Qualcosa di impalpabile e indefinito. Un respiro e si spegne l'istinto di sopravvivenza dell'uomo. In città, sui marciapiedi, nei parchi, sulle strade, la gente si toglie la vita: precipitando da un'impalcatura, sparando un colpo di pistola, pugnalandosi con un fermaglio, lanciandosi sotto un'automobile. Elliot Moore, insegnante di scienze in un liceo di Philadelphia, è deciso ad allontanarsi dalla città per trovare rifugio nella campagna della Pennsylvania insieme a una coppia di amici e alla moglie Alma, una giovane donna in piena crisi esistenziale. Ma nessun luogo appare sicuro e i fuggiaschi restano vulnerabili davanti alla minaccia della natura. Com'è iniziato tutto questo e quando finirà?