Of broccoli and pelicans and celery and seals

Series: Our Vanishing Wilderness Series

Duration: 0:30:00

Genre: Educational | Nature

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows how pesticides used on the Oxnard Plain, California, are destroying our environment and chances for survival. Follows the pesticides as they are washed into the sea, where they contaminate fish--a food source for birds, seals, and humans. Illustrates the imbalances DDT causes in nature by depicting mother sea lions battering and killing their cubs and pelican eggs breaking because of improper calcium production. Informs that DDT derivatives are toxic, stable for up to twenty years, and accumulate in the fatty tissues of all living things. Points out that DDT starts and ends with people., Shows how man's exploitation of his natural environment has endangered his own welfare. Points out that pesticides, including DDT, sprayed on the Oxnard Plain in California are being washed to sea where they are contaminating fishes which are eaten by birds, seals, and man.

Complete Record: , Shows how man's exploitation of his natural environment has endangered his own welfare. Points out that pesticides, including DDT, sprayed on the Oxnard Plain in California are being washed to sea where they are contaminating fishes which are eaten by birds, seals, and man. , Shows how pesticides used on the Oxnard Plain, California, are destroying our environment and chances for survival. Follows the pesticides as they are washed into the sea, where they contaminate fish--a food source for birds, seals, and humans. Illustrates the imbalances DDT causes in nature by depicting mother sea lions battering and killing their cubs and pelican eggs breaking because of improper calcium production. Informs that DDT derivatives are toxic, stable for up to twenty years, and accumulate in the fatty tissues of all living things. Points out that DDT starts and ends with people.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.