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Bad dirt, bad water, bad farms

Posted by: Maven on February 11, 2010 at 6:52 am

From Bruce Tokars, posted at Vimeo (I got this from somewhere, but cannot remember who now… sorry, who/wherever you are!):

“Bad Dirt, Bad Water, Bad Farms is the story about the toxic land on the west side of the Central Valley. In the mid-1980’s America was shocked to learn about deformed and dying birds at the Kesterson Wildlife Refuge in California. It took nearly five years (and a story on CBS’s 60-Minutes) before the Federal government closed Kesterson and attempted to clean it up. But what is not widely known is that the very same toxic substance that was at the heart of the Kesterson disaster, is present in huge quantities today on the west side of the Central Valley. …

Bad Dirt, Bad Water, Bad Farms from Bruce Tokars on Vimeo.

February 11, 2010 · Filed Under Water Agency News

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