Fred Pretty on mercury-poisoned oranges

Title

Fred Pretty on mercury-poisoned oranges

Genre

Interview

TX Date

1 Feb 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:04:04

Description

After mercury was found in oranges in Holland, a thorough investigation took place, and Fred Pretty of the Citrus Marketing Board describes the outcome. The poisoning was found to be an isolated incident, and had nothing to do with Israel, as the Palestinians had claimed.

Contributors

Fred Pretty

Keywords

Israel; Terrorism; International relations; Netherlands; Palestine; Poisoning; Food industry; Metals; Mercury (element); Fruit; Citrus Marketing Board

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