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Chemical conundrum
Title
Chemical conundrum [electronic resource (video)] / TVE International.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2008], c2005.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (24 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 08, 2008.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Consider the following irony: that we live twice as long as our ancient ancestors did, even though our bodies contain all manner of synthetic and sometimes toxic substances-an unpleasant requirement of life in our modern age. This program explores the health impact, wide variety, and alarming ubiquity of manufactured chemicals. Viewers will see how communities around the world-including Inuit seal hunters, Asian and African farmers, and residents of an industrial town in the United States-address the pervasiveness of molecular compounds found in pesticides, plastics, and other products. The benefits of these chemicals are weighed against their dangers.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: TVE International, 2008
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
Chemicals: Helpful or Harmful? (2:30)
Persistent Organic Pollutants Infect Inuit Women (2:16)
Toxic Agro-Chemicals in Poor Countries (1:52)
Toxic Chemicals and Human Contamination (1:59)
Carcinogenic Pollutants in a Small Town (4:25)
Dioxin Levels and Incidences of Cancer Linked (2:50)
Industrial Pollution in Mossville, Alabama (2:27)
Environmental Regulations (3:43)
Videorecording number
37645 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
TVE International.
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