Poison City
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| Release Date | 2003-03-09 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Stars | Tim Samuels |
| Directors | Karen O'Connor, Ewa Ewart, Ewa Ewart, Stefan Thissen |
| Release Date | 2003-03-09 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Stars | Tim Samuels |
| Directors | Karen O'Connor, Ewa Ewart, Ewa Ewart, Stefan Thissen |
Dzerzhinsk, a Russian city 240 miles east of Moscow, is considered the most chemically polluted town on Earth. Factories producing industrial chemicals (and in Soviet times, chemical weapons) employ a quarter of the 300,000 residents in a city where life expectancy has fallen to 42-47 years, the death rate is 2.6 times higher than the birth rate, and the men are close to impotence. Reporter Tim Samuels recorded a series of in-depth interviews with the inhabitants of Dzerzhinsk for the Correspondent strand, revealing what life is like for the beleaguered populace.
