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VBS News - Toxic Brooklyn - Part 7 of 7

[ 07:06 ]
Vice correspondent Derrick Beckles is in Greenpoint, Williamsburg to find out the truth behind its trendy reputation and learn why some residents are worried about the area's industrial side. Concluding with a look at Exxon's remediation efforts.
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The Donald and the Dunes
What happens when American billionaire Donald Trump (also known as ‘The Donald’) wants to build a £1bn ($2bn) golf resort and housing complex on nationally protected dunes in Scotland? Protests, petitions and debates -- and lots of them. We follow a protester as he organises marches, then get the views of the local residents, all the while trying to contact the Trump Organization for their side of the story. Will The Donald get his way in Scotland?
20:02
eDump
Inconveniently true and heart wrenching, this story is about how the rich world, immorally, disposes of its large volumes of junk electronic appliances, such as scrap computers, cell phones, TVs, printers, among other things. Few people even bother to wonder what our e-waste ends up doing to the environment, or other people’s environments. The reality is, the U.S. dumps much, if not most, of its e-waste to poor communities in China, India and other developing countries, where job-hungry workers labor ten-plus-hour days frying circuit boards on coal-fired stoves, burning plastic pieces to smell the grade before sorting and, in the most horrifying scene, swishing stripped motherboards in acid baths to filter out the gold without any protection. These workshop shacks are filled with lung-choking gas or billows of eye-burning smoke, some as colorful as soy sauce. In China’s most famous e-trash town, Guiyu in eastern Guangdong Province, rivers literally run black. Air is filled with baked circuitry and you can smell it well before arrival. Preliminary medical exams have found alarmingly high lead levels in the blood of young children, who performed worse in intelligence exams than kids from neighboring towns. The medical researchers need a lot more years to determine how serious the health toll really is, but what’s certain is, damage done will be impossible to reverse, such as the effect of lead on the brain development of the young. A difficult production in both emotional and physical terms, the story captures many aspects of a trade that has been going on much neglected by the media and the public. Scant print reports have exposed the e-waste dumping a few years ago, but a graphical presentation tells the story in a much more powerful way, which I believe is not only of great archival value but also is an example of outstanding journalism.
12:30
Europe to the Rescue of Its Seas and Oceans
A report on the deteriorated state of the European marine environment and the need for a strong EU action in this field, focusing on the environment problems faced in Bothnian Bay in Finland and Italy's Adriatic coast.
04:05
How to make Mixed Garden Vegetables
How to make Mixed Garden Vegetables. Visit www.summerkitchen.tv to experience a new video cookbook with delicious summertime recipes, perfect for your picnic basket or backyard BBQ table.
01:01
VEG TV Vegan Diet Reverses Diabetes
"It's Only Natural" Part Two Marie Oser talks with Dr. Neal Barnard about reversing diabetes with a vegan diet, and the research science that proves it!
03:12
The Cute Show - Maltese Monster Mash!
A Halloween puppy party.
04:21
Enlightened Kitchen: Yam Good Red Lentils
VEG TV Presents: "Foods That Defeat Diabetes" continues, as Marie Oser makes Yam Good Red Lentils to accompany Lissa Coffey's Cranberry Chutney.
05:26
VBS News - Toxic West Virginia - Part 3 of 5
Vice correspondent Derrick Beckles is in West Virginia to investigate the effect of modern coal mining methods on the state. In this edition he meets local miners and hears their side of the story.
06:59
Little Pumpkin
In the midst of his parents’ divorce, a 5 year old boy seeks out friendship with a gift his father left behind for him. The fact that the new found friend is a large pumpkin seems harmless at first, but Stephanie finds herself facing her own emotions as her son grows more and more attached to the pumpkin in the absence of his father. Will the friendly vegetable drive the family farther apart?
07:00
Splash: Sara Campbell - Free Diving in Ras Mohammed
For many divers in Europe, the dive sites of the Ras Mohammed Marine Reserve in Egypt are highly popular. Sara dives two of the most well-known sites. Unencumbered by Scuba gear, she provides us with a fresh and new experience of the sites.
 

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