Poison in the Rockies

1990 · Christopher McLeod, Robert Lewis, Peter Coyote, Bullfrog Films., Earth Image Films., WGBH Educational Foundation., Environmental Research Group.

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This program documents the serious threat to water quality, sub-alpine ecosystems and public health in the Colorado Rockies from mining operations, acid rain and urbanization. More time has been given to the story of today's vast mining operations, such as the Climax Molybdenum mined owned by AMAX. Although today's mining company officials are more environmentally aware than their predecessors, and though their operations are more strictly regulated by state and federal officials, the film demonstrates that the sheer size of these mines cannot help but impact the fragile mountain ecosystems adversely from now essentially into perpetuity. 1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : 4 3/4 in Grades 9-Adult DVD-R This disc may not play on all machines or drives Narrator, Peter Coyote Editors, Nancy Brink, Christopher McLeod ; cinematography, John Knoop, Christopher McLeod, Frances Reid Update of the award-winning film "Downwind/Downstream."--Container Originally produced for television broadcast in 1990 "Based on an original treatment by the Environmental Research Group."--End credits Credits indicate closed-captioning, but DVD does not include captions