Gambling with our lives

Duration: 0:21:20

Genre: Educational | Historical | Nature

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Barr Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Explores the relationship between the environment and human disease, pointing out the trade-offs between the benefits of modern technology and potential health hazards. Examines known and suspected environmental causes of several forms of cancer and other diseases. Discusses a recent increase in breast cancer in Icelandic women, the high incidence of black lung disease in coal-mining Wales, and the cancers related to asbestos manufacturing. Revised version of The Numbers Game., Explores the relationship between the environment and human disease, pointing out the trade-offs between the benefits of modern technology and potential health hazards. Examines known and suspected environmental causes of several forms of cancer and other diseases. Discusses a recent increase in breast cancer in Icelandic women, the high incidence of black lung disease in coal-mining Wales, and the cancers related to asbestos manufacturing. Revised version of The Numbers Game.

Complete Record: , Explores the relationship between the environment and human disease, pointing out the trade-offs between the benefits of modern technology and potential health hazards. Examines known and suspected environmental causes of several forms of cancer and other diseases. Discusses a recent increase in breast cancer in Icelandic women, the high incidence of black lung disease in coal-mining Wales, and the cancers related to asbestos manufacturing. Revised version of The Numbers Game.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.