Times Beach, Missouri /
Times Beach, Missouri was a small, low-income town of 2,240 residents in St. Louis County. In 1973, roads in rural Times Beach, Missouri were sprayed with oil to control the dust. Ten years later, it was discovered that this seemingly harmless oil contained the hazardous chemical waste dioxin. It wa...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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San Francisco, CA :
The Video Project,
1994.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Times Beach, Missouri was a small, low-income town of 2,240 residents in St. Louis County. In 1973, roads in rural Times Beach, Missouri were sprayed with oil to control the dust. Ten years later, it was discovered that this seemingly harmless oil contained the hazardous chemical waste dioxin. It was the largest civilian exposure to dioxin in the United States. People in white insulated spacesuits with an array of testing devices descended on the town and the residents were "treated like pariahs ... don't go near 'em." Eventually, the federal government was forced to condemn, totally evacuate, and buy its first toxic town. Through archival footage, interviews with former residents, government officials, media and legal analysts and others, the story of the town's fate is told and significant questions are raised about judgments made by the government, chemical industry, and media. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed May 25, 2017). Editors, Bruce Lixey, Nell Lundy, Stephen Roszell. Music composed & performed by Steve Dawson, Brian Dunn, Dave Gay. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (59 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:58:11 |
| Production Credits: | Videographers, Keith Walker, Bruce Lixey. |