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Through use of archive and newsreel footage, interviews and narration documents the widepsread use of chemical warfare in South Vietnam between 1961 and 1971. The tape also draws attention to the use of 245T...
Recent EU rules for the chemical industry -- the REACH package -- are set to improve our health and protect the environment. Obliging companies to register and provide information on the chemicals they use...
Discusses the different forms of poisons together with safe handling procedures and proper storage. Emphasises the importance of personal protection and first aid measures.
Aspects of life and death from a chemical perspective. What happens to our body chemistry when we have a heart attack? What role did oxygen play in the origins of life? How do the toxic by-products of oxygen...
Science laboratories present a whole range of potential hazards to people’s health and well-being, and it is critical that both teachers and students are fully aware of their responsibilities to ensure the...
Every plant uses solvents even if just for cleaning or removing grease. A solvent may be a carcinogen, a toxic, a corrosive, an irritant, a sensitiser, or affect target organs. It may also cause a fire or an...
Mark Tully investigates the Bhopal disaster of 1984 and its continuing devastation on the city’s inhabitants. Ten years after methyl isocyanate gas from a Union Carbide chemical factory leaked over the...
Aims to give people working with carcinogens the knowledge they need to do their job as safely as possible. Covers definitions and examples, and explanation of ‘latency’, the health hazards and the...
Focuses on two men who have sustained brain damage through long-term exposure to solvents and chemical sprays at work. Unable to return to work, they become clines of the Family Centre for Brain Damage...
An interactive package consisting of three activities: 1) poisonous plants and their toxins - considers these plants grouped according to their toxin type or plant family. The toxins are studied according to...
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