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| View Larger Image | Water, The Drop of Life: Perils of Pollution | DVDDirected By: Peter Swanson
Also With: Peter Gerson and John Wegink (Producer), Bob Field (Writer)
| List Price: | $19.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Run Time: | 50 minutes | | Format: | NTSC | | Studio: | SWYNK, GLOBAL VISIONS & ASSOCIATES, INC. | | Number of Discs: | | | Release Date: | December 18, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 124,719th |
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"Water: The Drop of Life" is a classic television series that presents a unique global exploration of what is predicted to be the biggest issue in the 21st century: coping with the scarcity of fresh water. The story of water is told with the help of global personalities, including Mikhail Gorbachev, Kofi Annan, The Dalai Lama, President Jimmy Carter, Shimon Peres, Queen Noor of Jordan, Ted Danson and Isabel Allende. Their combined insights guide the series from beginning to end as it looks at the past, present and future of water.Episode 3, "The Perils of Pollution" explores what happens to the balance between the Earth and all living things when man intervenes in nature's environments dependent on water. Our need to support ever-higher levels of consumption and population often involves taking more and more of nature's bounty. We look at how species survive in the Namibia Desert in South Africa and at Glen Canyon in the U.S. where a large dam obstructs the once wild Colorado River and disrupts the health of the aquatic system. The series visits the canals of the Rhine River, explores the shrinking of fresh water wetlands in Holland, and then ends up in the Ecuadorian rainforest now suffering damage by oil production. Concerns about the health of both water-scarce and water-abundant environments are growing and reallocating fresh water to the environment has begun. The second half of the episode explores the ever-more ominous and highly charged issue of pollution and its continuing impact on the world's need for clean water. While safe drinking water was once readily available for many, in the last decades, the self-cleansing abilities of water streams cannot keep up with unprecedented population increases. Pollution has upset the delicate biological balance of the water system. Unless the water supply is treated, it may also be unfit for people to use for drinking, bathing, and growing and preparing food. In 1854, a cholera epidemic in Western Europe revealed that water quality is vital for health. Perhaps the most deadly and widespread, yet most preventable waterborne disease is diarrhea. In Bangladesh, local communities work with private non-government organizations for solutions. In many parts of the former Soviet Union, like the Ukraine, out-dated industries have choked the waterways, unmonitored by crumbling bureaucracies and public service agencies. NGO's like Terra Nostra come in to assess the problems and establish programs to monitor wells, test the water, and encourage local activism.The pollution of Europe's Rhine river has been an important if not the most important incentive for the formulation of ECC-water quality policies. A surprising result is that salmon are swimming in the Rhine again!This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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