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Can Organic Farms and Mosquito Control Coexist?Learn about one town's conflict over the issue of spraying pesticides to combat disease-carrying insects, in this video segment from Greater Boston. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Chemical Risks to a FetusLearn about the risks environmental contaminants pose for a developing fetus, in this video adapted from Contaminated Without Consent. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population In this video segment adapted from LOKE Films and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, learn how human populations in the Arctic are affected by industrial contaminants in the food chain.
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5-12 |
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Contaminating the RockiesLearn how abandoned mines have been contaminating water supplies in the Rocky Mountains for decades in this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Poison in the Rockies." Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Did Environmental Exposure Cause a Disease Cluster?This video segment from Greater Boston examines whether environmental toxins may be to blame for a rare skin disease. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Don't Mess with MercuryLearn about the dangers of mercury in this short video from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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The Effects of Childhood Lead PoisoningLearn about the long-term consequences of childhood lead poisoning and how to avoid them, in this video adapted from Lead Awareness for Parents by the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste LandfillThis video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: “Toxic Racism” talks about the early days of the environmental justice movement and how the health of minority communities can be compromised by the disproportionate numbers of hazardous waste facilities located there. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Environmental Justice in DallasFollow a Dallas community's fight to receive federal Superfund status to clean up the damage from a high-polluting lead smelter, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism." Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Eradicating Malaria with DDTLearn about the role of the controversial chemical DDT in the worldwide malaria eradication program, and hear from an expert who advocates bringing it back, in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Factory Farms and Organic AlternativesIn this video adapted from the series Race to Save the Planet, learn how agricultural pesticides can help increase the amount of food produced, but can also damage soil and wildlife in the process. See how organic farming addresses some of these challenges. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Farm Nitrates in the Water SupplyLearn how nitrate runoff from farm fertilizers can negatively impact human health and how a water treatment plant is tackling the challenge, in this video excerpted from Big River. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Geospatial Revolution: Food DesertsFood deserts refer to a lack of easy access to nutritious food. They exist all over America as an outcome of poverty. This video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution shows how geospatial technology can help change this reality. Accessibility features: Caption |
7-12 |
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Green ChemistryLearn about a study in which participants discovered contaminants in their homes, and how green chemistry may provide alternatives to such everyday toxins, in this video adapted from Contaminated Without Consent. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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How Big Is the Oil Spill?Compare the size of the 78,000-square-mile BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to more familiar things, in this video adapted from Need to Know. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Liquid Assets: Public HealthThis video segment from a WPSU documentary Liquid Assets connects public health to the availability of clean and safe drinking water and elaborates on the threats our bodies face due to increasing kinds and quantities of pollutants. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Natural Gas Mining ContaminantsThis video segment adapted from Split Estate reveals some community health consequences of natural gas mining. Accessibility features: Caption |
8-12 |
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PCB Cleanup in SeattleIn this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: “Poisoned Waters,” a Seattle community, concerned about its health, fights to clean up PCBs in its neighborhood. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The Potential Health Hazards of Vinyl SidingFollow one family's investigation into the toxins generated through the production and disposal of vinyl siding, in this video segment adapted from Blue Vinyl. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Protesting a Natural Gas FacilityMeet a high school student who mobilized her community to stop construction of a liquefied natural gas facility, in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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