i don't think the grandparent poster is posting in bad faith, i just think they're getting their information about that real story from an intentionally unreliable source

movies lie to you on purpose to manipulate your emotions

there are lots of reliable information sources about pollution risks, like mmwr, the cochrane collaboration, msds, toxicology textbooks, wikipedia, epa assessments, and so on

there is no need to make yourself dumber by making life decisions contingent on beliefs you acquired from movies