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SERIOUS AND FUNNY ...
Videos on Chemicals, Pesticides, Toxics
This list of serious and funny videos about chemicals, toxics, pesticides includes videos on toxic chemicals in cosmetics, plastic, electronics, lawn care products, and more.
See the rightmost column for additional categories of videos related to chemicals.
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VIDEOS ABOUT CHEMICALS
FUNNY/COOL
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THE STORY OF COSMETICS
Another excellent piece from Annie Leonard's "story of" series, this time taking on personal care products. Unless you check your labels carefully—and avoid products with ingredients you can't recognize or even pronounce—the shampoo, makeup, and other products on your shelves are almost sure to contain a variety of toxics. Watch chemicals in cosmetics video.
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“SHE HAD GAMS THAT ... WERE NON-BIODEGRADEABLE”
It was a dark and stormy night... and perfect for some animation noire. "Sam Suds ... and the Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic" is a spoof of the hard-boiled P.I. genre that takes aim at that toxic perp known as Vinyl. Watch funny video about vinyl.
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THE STORY OF ELECTRONICS
The high-tech revolution's collateral damage includes 25 million tons of e-waste (and counting), plus poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill. This good electronic-waste video uses funny/clever graphics to accent its points.
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VIDEOS ABOUT CHEMICALS
SERIOUS
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AMERICANS—THE PROUD, THE BRAVE, THE POLLUTED
American babies are born pre-polluted with as many as 300 industrial chemicals in their bodies. Accumulation continues throughout life. Even low-dose chemicals can have devastating effects. Ken Cook of the EWG gives a witty, informative talk and slideshow on we, the polluted. Watch video on chemical body burden.
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NATURAL, HEALTHY CLEANING PRODUCTS
This clean-building professional's tips on how to use natural cleaning agents will save you money and keep the toxic chemicals found in most "normal" cleaners out of your home. Watch natural cleaning products video.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS, DOGS, AND LAWN CHEMICALS
In these difficult economic times, there's one easy cost-cutting measure you can take: Forget about applying chemical fertilizers and pesticides to your lawn this year. Reason enough should be that lawn chemicals pose a danger to pets, kids, and the local creek. But the truth is that they're not even good for your lawn because they degrade soil quality. For the not-safe-for-pets angle, you can watch the free 17-minute video The Truth About Cats, Dogs, and Lawn Chemicals.
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FLAMES NOT FLOWERS
A 1984 explosion at a Dow/Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India killed thousands of people at the time and has left a legacy of follow-on illness and death that continues to this day. Get entertained and updated with this cool hip-hop music video ... From Students for Bhopal via YouTube ...
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MERCURY, VACCINES, AND AUTISM — A very good (if slightly technical) interview with Dr. Boyd Haley, a medicinal chemistry expert. He discusses autism and other health implications of vaccines containing mercury-based thimerosal, as well as the shockingly irresponsible positions of the National Institutes of Health and other parts of the medical establishment. From AutismMedia.org via
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LAWN CARE? YOU'RE DOING IT ALL WRONG!
All wrong, that is, if you're still using the standard high-nitrogen lawn fertilizers that are ubiquitous on store shelves this time of year. SafeLawns.org offers a free series of online video clips explaining how to put your lawn into rehab.
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Videos on Agriculture, Farming, Gardening
Videos on Food, Nutrition, Diet, Organic
Videos on GMOs, Genetic Engineering
Videos on Health Care Issues
Videos on Pollution (water, air, land, general)
Videos on All Topics
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Pollution Resources
Pesticides/Pest Control Resources
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CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE, CHEMICALS — 17.DEC.2014
Food Sleuth Radio
Pesticides—Beware the Drifter —
Attorney Amanda Heyman's job is providing legal counsel for independent farmers and food businesses. Here she discusses the legal aspects of pesticide drift, GMOs, organics, and "natural" labeling.
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28:15
Original Show Pub Date: 20.Nov.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (CHEMICALS) — 04.NOV.2014
Living on Earth
Green Groups Sue EPA Over Agent Orange-Related Herbicide —
A coalition of environmental groups and farmers is suing the EPA over approval of Dow Chemical’s new GMO crop herbicide, Enlist Duo, a combination of glyphosate and 2,4-D, one of two active ingredients in the notorious Vietnam-era defoliant Agent Orange. The lawsuit alleges inadequate environmental and health assessments by the agency. Bill Freese of the Center for Food Safety discusses the suit and the effects the herbicide is likely to have on weed resistance and pollinators.
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Original Show Pub Date: 31.Oct.2014 ~~ Original story title: Agent Orange-Related Herbicide Approved for GMO Crops; EPA Sued
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (TOXICS, CLIMATE) — 23.SEP.2014
TUC Radio
Poisoning the Sky—A Community Investigates Chemtrails and Fights Back —
Residents of Shasta County, California have documented that the lingering white trails in the sky above—chemtrails—are correlated with an increase in toxic contaminants in rain, snow, and surface water, including aluminum, barium and strontium. In this clip, we hear experts and citizens present their evidence before the Shasta County Supervisors as a matter of public health and an issue of citizens' right to know. They point out that the chemicals in the contaminated water are also found in patents for weather modification chemicals used by the military and private contractors.
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30:00
Original Show Pub Date: 10.Sep.2014
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