Poisoned waters / a Frontline co-production with Hedrick Smith Productions ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; Frontline executive producer, David Fanning ; senior producer, Hedrick Smith ; producer, Marc Shaffer ; written by Hedrick Smith and Rick Young ; director, Rick Young.

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"More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, two iconic waterways -- the great coastal estuaries of Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay -- are in perilous condition. With polluted runoff still flowing in from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development, scientists fear contamination...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Hedrick Smith Productions
WGBH Educational Foundation
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Fanning, David
Smith, Hedrick
Shaffer, Marc
Young, Rick
Kaye, Eric
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English, closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [Boston, Mass.] : [Arlington, Va.] : WGBH Education Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2009], ©2009.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Water > Pollution.
Water > Pollution > Physiological effect.
Pollution > Law and legislation > United States.
Agricultural pollution > Environmental aspects > United States.
Factory and trade waste > Environmental aspects > United States.
Marine pollution > Environmental aspects > United States.
Cities and towns > Growth > Environmental aspects > United States.
Puget Sound (Wash.) > Ecology.
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) > Ecology.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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