Films for the Humanities and Sciences - The Ocean Planet: The Death of the Mississippi

The Ocean Planet: The Death of the Mississippi

Human ingenuity makes it possible to cultivate cold-water lobsters in Hawaiian waters; human recklessness causes environmental disasters like the Alaska oil spill. This program examines the impact of recklessness on that mighty river, the Mississippi—once the subject of song, myth, and folktale, declared a "wild and scenic river" a few decades ago, lifeline down the center of the country. Today the Mississippi is a veritable sewer and its bayous are an oily, deadly mess of chromium, mercury, lead, and other toxic substances—proof that declarations will not save the rivers of the world. (23 minutes)

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Item#: BVL2295
Copyright date: ©1990
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-8105-3

Part of the Series : The Blue Revolution


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