Controversy Over Industrial Pollution: A Case Study

Series: Environmental Studies Series

Duration: 16

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 29Nov72 · MP23723 (Jan-Jun 1973) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp

Description: Uses the case study approach to examine the economic, scientific, ethical, and theological issues of an environmental problem. Focuses on an aluminum reduction plant in Columbia Falls, Montana, that has brought great economic growth to the area. Interviews residents, scientists, and company spokesmen to show the controversy over the effects of fluoride emissions. Suggests that any solutions are not only technological but also social, economic, and theological., The film brings into sharp perspective the scientific, social and economic issues involved in a specific environmental problem Examines the multitude of scientific, social and economic issues involved in a specific environmental problem.

Complete Record: Uses the case study approach to examine the economic, scientific, ethical, and theological issues of an environmental problem. Focuses on an aluminum reduction plant in Columbia Falls, Montana, that has brought great economic growth to the area. Interviews residents, scientists, and company spokesmen to show the controversy over the effects of fluoride emissions. Suggests that any solutions are not only technological but also social, economic, and theological., , The film brings into sharp perspective the scientific, social and economic issues involved in a specific environmental problem Examines the multitude of scientific, social and economic issues involved in a specific environmental problem.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.