July 19, 1991
Air Date: July 19, 1991
SEGMENTS
Latvia's Love Canal
/ Bruce GellermanReporter Bruce Gellerman visits what Latvian environmental activists call their republic's worst toxic waste dump. At the site just outside the capital Riga, liquid waste from five chemical and pharmaceutical factories is stored in open pools, burned in a crude incinerator and injected into the ground. The waste is suspected of killing a nearby forest and causing abnormally high rates of retardation, miscarriage and infant mortality. (14:30)
Peril and Opportunity
Steve talks with Hillary French, Senior Researcher at Washington's Worldwatch Institute, about the Soviet Union's extensive environmental problems. French says the country's environmental agenda is deeply intertwined with both its economic and its nationalities crises. (06:30)
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Latvia's Love Canal
Peril and Opportunity
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