A powerful investigative documentary, OZONE AND THE POLITICS OF MEDICINE tells the story of a simple medical treatment set against the background of politics and economics that control the health care system. NOT approved in the United States and Canada, ozone therapy has been used to treat several million people in Europe, for a variety of medical conditions, from excema and gangrene, to cancer, strokes, hepatitis, herpes and AIDS. This revealing and often disturbing film traces the progress of this highly controversial treatment, and features interviews with representatives of the U S Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, as well as experts in Europe, Canada and Mexico.