(A Plague on Our Children)

Content: Dioxins, PCBs and profit v. public health. A hard-hitting investigation of dioxins and PCBs, with a clear scientific explanation of why they are the most poisonous man-made substances in existence, and the disturbing human consequences of exposure to them. Corporate defenders, scientists and victims appear, including U.S. veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam war, factory workers exposed to PCBs, housewives exposed to toxic spray in logging areas, people exposed to the poisons at Love Canal and other waste disposal sites. Part One focuses on dioxin. Part Two focuses on PCBs.

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Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

116 minutes

Year:

1979

Directors:

Robert Richter

Production companies:

Richter Productions

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Narrator (voice)

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Director

Producer

Writer

Editor

Director of Photography