Opposing Digits

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The Tomato Effect is a startling and rare look at a battle raging in medicine. Director Faun Kime chronicles ten doctors in the San Francisco bay area who lose their licenses while practicing Environmental Medicine and diagnosing chemical illness. Faun's father, Zane R. Kime M.D., was one of these physicians who responded with a spectacular legal battle that progressed to the appellate court and was about to set precedent. But when he ends up dead after a mysterious mountain climbing accident, Faun picks up a camera and investigates. She uncovers not only shocking secrets about her father¹s death, but the disturbing truth about the state of health care.

The Tomato Effect - 1 - A term coined in medicine meaning the rejection of effective medical treatments because they conflict with curently accepted medical theories; 2 - the tomato was not eaten in the US until 1820 because it was thought to be poisonous - even though Europeans had been eating tomatoes for years with no ill effect.

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