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Poison City

2003-03-09 en 45m
Documentary
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.

Editor

Karen O'Connor

Director

Ewa Ewart

Camera Operator

Stefan Thissen

Producer

Ewa Ewart

pollution environment industrial pollution

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • BBC