Living dangerously

United Kingdom, 1976

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Episode of Series “World in action”.
Reports on the explosion of a chemical factory in Seveso, Italy and the effects of the extremely toxic dust, dioxin, that was released into the atmosphere. The substance dioxin is contained in commercial weedkillers freely available in the United Kingdom.

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Credits

producer

Alan Segal

production company

Granada Television International

Duration

00:27:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1976

Appears in

World in action

Group of items

World in action

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

505692

Language

English

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Agricultural chemicals

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Air - Pollution

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental health

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Factory and trade waste - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Toxins

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Weed control

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Environmental health

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Industrial accidents

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Toxins

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Agricultural chemicals

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemicals - Safety measures

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Toxins

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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