Collection:LPB

Genre: Educational

Place Covered: Albany, New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2003-09-24

Duration: 00:18:45

Subjects: Educational films | Science | Environment | Pollution

Contributors:

• Grandy, Greg Host
• Gautreaux, Kevin Producer
• Azene, Hendekea Speaker
• Aguilar, Priscilla Speaker
• Bergeron, Beau Speaker
• Sloan, Ronald Interviewee
• Alley, Earl Interviewee
• Kaul, N.G. Interviewee
• Reddy, Darshana Interviewee
• Reddy, Archana Interviewee
• Annapareddy, Revathi Interviewee
• Stvetzle, Christopher Interviewee
• Warner, Isiah Interviewee
• Canuel, Elizabeth Interviewee
• Grodner, Mary Interviewee
• L'Hoste, Lester Interviewee
• Motsenbocker, Carl Interviewee

In this episode of the series “Enviro-Tacklebox” from September 24, 2003, host Greg Grandy and the student reporters explore bioaccumulation and biomagnification. They cover: high mercury levels in fish; PCB contamination in the Hudson River in New York; a project by students at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, examining the negative impact of dredging the Hudson River; DDT contamination in birds that eat fish, including bald eagles, ospreys, and brown pelicans; the United Nations’ efforts to phase out the “Terrible 12” persistent organic pollutants, or POPs; PAHs; the pesticides used in farming; and organic farming. It includes interviews with: Ronald Sloan, scientist with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation; Earl Alley of the Mississippi State Chemical Lab; N.G. Kaul, the director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Hudson River Field Office; Darshana Reddy, Archana Reddy, Revathi Annapareddy, and Christopher Stvetzle, students at Marist College; Isiah M. Warner, LSU professor; Elizabeth Canuel, a chemical oceanographer at the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences; Mary Grodner, a professor of pesticide safety at the LSU AgCenter in Baton Rouge; Lester L’Hoste of L’Hoste Citrus; and Carl Motsenbocker of the LSU AgCenter.