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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.
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VIDEOS ABOUT CHEMICALS
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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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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. Interview is in four parts; total time ~20 minutes. From AutismMedia.org via GoogleVideo...
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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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Living on Earth
Clearcutting and Chemicals — 04 May 2012 — After clearcutting, timber companies in Oregon spray the land with herbicides to prevent growth of unwanted species---that is, anything but the single tree species they will replant for the next clearcutting cycle. Though companies target the pesticides to their owned acreage, wind drift and water contamination make it inevitable that these chemicals find their way to neighboring land. Residents are worried that the chemicals are affecting their health.
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New Anti-Lice Machine Swaps Hot Air for Pesticides — 09 Apr 2012 — An expert on lice has come up with a new machine that gives a 30-minute treatment of hot air and kills both lice and eggs, avoiding the need for nasty treatments with chemical pesticides.
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Uprising
The Link Between Low-Dose Chemical Exposure and Ill Health — 28 Mar 2012 — Elizabeth Grossman, author of Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, gives an excellent short summary of the status of chemicals in consumer products, with a focus on endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can have negative effects at doses lower than classic toxicological tests indicate are not harmful. She covers regulations, labeling, and how to avoid chemicals in your life.
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Connect the Dots
Silent Spring in Your Home—Chemicals in Everyday Consumer Products — 14 Mar 2012 — Robin E. Dodson, a research scientist with the Silent Spring Institute, discusses a new study that reviews the chemical components of everyday consumer products like shampoos, sunscreens, laundry detergents, and cleaners. Many of these products contain hormone disruptors and chemicals linked to asthma.
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