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Bubonic Plague In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about bubonic plague and how city officials in San Francisco tried to contain its spread in the early 1900s. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
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	Video
Can We Slow Aging? In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, scientists discuss a family of genes called FOXO that can significantly extend life span in worms—and in humans. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Chemical Risks to a Fetus Learn about the risks environmental contaminants pose for a developing fetus, in this video adapted from Contaminated Without Consent. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Choosing Foods for Your Health This resource includes two video segments adapted from Living With MyType2 and features diabetic teenagers Misty and Tim explaining how they carefully choose the foods they eat. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Contaminating the Rockies Learn 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	Video
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	Video
Don't Mess with Mercury Learn about the dangers of mercury in this short video from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Eating Healthy Foods In this video adapted from Media That Matters, students explain how healthy foods help your body and processed foods can harm it. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
The Effects of Childhood Lead Poisoning Learn 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	Video
Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste Landfill This 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	Video
Environmental Justice in Dallas Follow 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	Video
Eradicating Malaria with DDT Learn 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	Video
Factory Farms and Organic Alternatives In 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	Video
Farm Nitrates in the Water Supply Learn 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	Video
Fever! This video describes the role of the brain in regulating body temperature and how sometimes fever is employed to fight off infection. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	6-8	Video
Geospatial Revolution: Food Deserts Food 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	Video
Getting Fit at the Gym In this video adapted from the In the Mix, watch the kinds of exercise students do to keep in shape. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Green Chemistry Learn 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	Video
The Health Benefits of Exercise In this video adapted from Living with MyType2, a teen with diabetes works out with a coach and learns some of the health benefits of exercise. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Heart Disease: America's Leading Cause of Death Learn why heart disease, a largely preventable condition, is the leading cause of death in this country today, in this video adapted from The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Science Behind Appetite This video segment, adapted from NOVA, tells the story of a ballerina battling anorexia. It explains how serotonin regulates appetite, and presents some of the health risks that accompany the eating disorder. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
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	Video
How the Body Responds to Exercise In this video segment adapted from NOVA, follow novice runners as they train for a marathon, and discover how quickly the body responds to regular aerobic exercise. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Is Autism Genetic or Environmental? In this video segment from Greater Boston, learn about conflicting theories regarding the cause of autism. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
John Snow: Pioneer of Epidemiology The key tactics of epidemiology—surveillance and response—were first used by Dr. John Snow during a cholera outbreak in 1850s London, as dramatized in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Longevity Genes What is the secret to a long life? Hear from scientists using biotechnology to analyze relationships between specific genes and longevity in this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Malaria Treatment and Prevention Strategies In this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival, watch a graphic representation of the malaria parasite and hear from experts about the physical and economic effects of the disease on the human population, as well as treatments and preventive measures. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Natural Gas Mining Contaminants This video segment adapted from Split Estate reveals some community health consequences of natural gas mining. Accessibility features: Caption	8-12	Video
PCB Cleanup in Seattle In 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	Video
Pellagra In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about pellagra, a mysterious and deadly disease that affected populations living in the American South in the early 20^th century, and how a scientist experimented to find a cure. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Potential Health Hazards of Vinyl Siding Follow 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	Video
Protesting a Natural Gas Facility Meet 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	Video
Radon Radiation The biggest source of environmental radiation might be in your home. Find out more in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Reducing Household Chemical Risks This series of public service videos from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences provides quick solutions and action steps to minimize exposure to pesticides, chemical contaminants, and secondhand smoke. Accessibility features: Caption	6-8	Video
The Role of Genetics in Obesity In this video segment from NOVA scienceNOW, meet researchers who are studying obesity and trying to understand the role that hormones and genetics can play in regulating appetite. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Teen Fights for Toxic Waste Cleanup Meet a student who successfully lobbied her state legislature about toxic waste sites in her neighborhood, in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute’s New Leaders Initiative. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Teen Maps Contaminants from a Coal Plant In this video adapted from Earth Island Institute, meet a high school student who educated her community about how a coal-burning power plant was contributing to asthma and other health problems there. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
West Nile Virus Outbreak in NYC Learn how doctors in both the veterinary and human health fields unraveled the mystery of the deadly West Nile virus outbreak in New York City in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video