Episode of Series “This Week”.
In 1976, tragedy struck the farmers at Michigan. A poisonous chemical, PBB, had been mixed into stock food, and all livestock had to be killed and the contamination was passed on through foods for human consumption causing much illness.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010864
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farmers
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pesticides
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → United States
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Agricultural chemicals
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pesticides
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pesticides - Toxicology
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Food contamination
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Food poisoning
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poisoning, Accidental
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)