Documentaries happen to be Netflix's forte. Ranging from true-crimes to air crash disasters, or somewhere between missing person files, and closely covering the public feud of celebrities, you name it, and Netflix will produce a documentary like Aladdin from the lamp. While most of these are well-received and well critiqued, there are certain original documentaries that have stirred up controversies due to their sensitive subject matter, like the Root Cause documentary.

A research original from the past decade, but forced to leave the platform when contested for being unauthentic, what created the Root Cause havoc?

Root Cause is a 2019 feature-length documentary produced by Frazer Bailey, which showed his 10-year journey to find the root cause of his panic attacks, anxiety, chronic fatigue, nausea, dizziness, agitation, and insomnia. He even claimed that root canal therapies are associated with cancer. In 2019, it was released on multiple platforms like Netflix, Amazon, Vimeo, iTunes, Google Play, and YouTube. But things got complicated as government associations soon intervened in the matter, accusing the documentary of spreading misinformation.

 The American Dental Association, the American Association of Dental Research, and others sent a private letter to companies streaming the film, which warned that continuing it could “harm the viewing public by spreading long-disproven claims.” This was followed by its removal from the major streaming platforms, including Netflix and Amazon, in less than a month of release.

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Fast forward to 2025, the documentary can still be streamed in the internet but the current options are limited.

Despite the disputed subject and the authorities labelling it “significant misinformation that is not supported by scientific evidence,” there are some services that have continued to stream the film. For the viewers who are interested in watching Root Cause can do so with the best available option of Apple TV. Other than that, it is also available on Gala, Tubi, and Just Watch. It stars Luisa Prosser, Ron Kelley, and Oliver Bailey.

Though Netflix may have severed its connection to this specific documentary, it has continued to offer a number of fresh, original made and rented movies and series in its genre. From The Only Girl in the Orchestra to A Deadly American Marriage, fans can stream an abundance of documentary options in 2025. Taking you on the journey behind the scenes with the music superstar, to an appalling m----- of a devoted husband that shook America for the worse, or a chilling deep dive into America's scarred psyche, Netflix has so much to offer you this year. Meanwhile, fans of Root Cause can stream it on the above-present options.

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