Collection:LPB

Genre: Educational

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, St. Louis, Missouri, Ackerman, Mississippi

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2003-09-24

Duration: 00:18:56

Subjects: Microorganisms | Educational films | Science | Environment

Contributors:

• Grandy, Greg Host
• Gautreaux, Kevin Producer
• Azene, Hendekea Speaker
• Aguilar, Priscilla Speaker
• Bergeron, Beau Speaker
• Perry, Quinesha Interviewee
• Portier, Ralph Interviewee
• Fox, Lee Interviewee
• Chow, Benson Interviewee
• Manhein, Mary Interviewee

In this episode of the series “Enviro-Tacklebox” from September 24, 2003, host Greg Grandy and the student reporters explore the decomposition of organisms in nature. Grandy visits and interviews: Quinesha Perry, a microbiologist, who discusses the decomposition process; Dr. Ralph Portier, an environmental scientist at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, who discusses his work in creating microbes that can clean up oil spills; Lee Fox, an environmental quality specialist at the Organic Resource Management Center in St. Louis, Missouri, who discusses the work of his composting facility; Benson Chow, an environmental specialist at the Red Hills Mine in Ackerman, Mississippi, who discusses the formation of coal and their mining of lignite; and Mary Manhein, a forensic anthropologist at the LSU FACES Lab in Baton Rouge, who discusses how she uses the science of decomposition to help solve crimes.