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Poisoned waters discussion guide : with excerpts from the PBS Frontline broadcast
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Includes a discussion guide and companion DVD of video clips drawn from the PBS Frontline broadcast of Poisoned waters. Ten topics are discussed to provide educational material and stimulate debate...
Includes a discussion guide and companion DVD of video clips drawn from the PBS Frontline broadcast of Poisoned waters. Ten topics are discussed to provide educational material and stimulate debate on critical challenges facing all regions of America today in cleaning up and protecting waterways.
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- Creator
- co-produced by Frontline and Hedrick Smith Productions ; senior producer, Hedrick Smith ; producer, Marc Shaffer ; director, Rick Young ; guide written by Aruna Jain [and others]
- Included Titles
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- Frontline (Television program)
- Poisoned waters. Selections
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Widescreen
- Boston, Mass. : WGBH Education Foundation ; [Arlington, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, 2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (22 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
- OCLC
- ocn433691388
- Credits
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- Correspondent, Hedrick Smith
- Title from container.
- Poisoned waters originally aired Apr. 21, 2009 as an episode of the public television series Frontline.
- Special : contains DVD-ROM content including discussion guides that can be accessed through a computer's DVD-ROM drive.
- DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; stereo.
- Why are America's waterways in peril? -- What warning signals does nature give us? -- What is the biggest polluter of water? -- How can communities fight industrial pollution? -- How can we save habitat for endangered species? -- Why is stormwater runoff a major new threat? -- What's in your drinking water? -- How does land use affect water quality? -- What are the costs of sprawl? -- Is there a smarter way to grow?
Subjects
- Water -- Pollution.
- Water -- Pollution -- Physiological effect.
- Water -- Pollution -- Environmental aspects.
- Puget Sound (Wash.) -- Ecology.
- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) -- Ecology.
- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- United States.
- Agricultural pollution -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
- Factory and trade waste -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
- Marine pollution -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
- Cities and towns -- Growth -- Environmental aspects -- United States.