Global dump : toxic waste and the planetary ecosystem / New Atlantis (Firm).
While international corporations boast of newfound environmental stewardship, toxic materials are still produced on a worldwide scale-with underdeveloped nations serving as the planet's dump site. This program explores the issue, traveling to Asia, Africa, and Latin America to illustrate the ef...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2008]
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| Series: | Terra report : a world of trouble.
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Table of Contents:
- Prelude: Progress and Poverty (1:20)
- Toxic Industrial Byproducts (2:04)
- Electronic and Appliance Waste Products (2:46)
- Toxic Threats from Abandoned Shipping Vessels (2:54)
- Toxic Manufacturing and Waste Disposal (2:36)
- Chemical Waste in Developing Countries (3:33)
- Environmental Deterioration and Natural Disasters (4:17)
- Technology and Environmental Destruction (5:10)
- Annihilation of Amazon Rain Forest and Peoples (3:16)
- Climate, Water, and Deforestation (3:48)
- Extinction of Plants and Animal Species (3:32)
- Traditional Fishing vs. Fish Farm Boats (2:52)
- Disappearance of Land and Sea Creatures (2:22)
- Climate Change and Its Consequences (2:25)
- Unsustainability of Urban World (3:29)
- First World Exploitation of Third World (3:19)