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1) Blue vinyl
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Skeptical of her parents' decision to re-side their home with polyvinyl chloride, Judith Helfand set out to find the truth behind the toxic effects of the material. Helfland & Daniel Gold travel from Long Island to Louisiana to Venice Italy, where thirty-one executives from a PVC-producing company now await trial for manslaughter.
2) Minamata
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Follows former war photographer W. Eugene Smith as he travels to Minamata, Japan in 1971 to document the mercury poisoning of local residents resulting from water pollution by a powerful corporation and the complicit government.
Pub. Date
[2014].
Description
Tells the story of the dawn of forensic investigation, focusing on a number of cases of death by poisoning as well as accidental death by exposure to deadly chemicals. Examines the pioneering efforts of New York's first medical examiner Charles Norris and his assistant, toxicologist Alexander Gettler.
4) Minamata
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Follows former war photographer W. Eugene Smith as he travels to Minamata, Japan in 1971 to document the mercury poisoning of local residents resulting from water pollution by a powerful corporation and the complicit government.