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VideoActive Productions A 10-part Dioxin Video Series of the First Citizens' Conference on Dioxin, September 1991, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Video Number	Length (minutes)	Title	Presenter	Description
1.	59:02	The First Citizens Conference on Dioxin: Overview	Dr. Paul Connett Professor of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York	• This tape offers an introduction to the Citizens Conference and defines the major issues involved in the dioxin debate as of 1994. Paul Connett discusses the organization and objectives of the Conference and reviews each of the other nine tapes in the series. He concludes the tape with a brief discussion of developments in the dioxin controversy since the Conference was held in 1991.
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2.	59:29	Basic Science and Background	Dr. Paul Connett - see above	• The chemical structure and function of dioxin. • Lethal dose for animals. • Doses which cause cancer in rats. • Regulatory levels for humans in Germany, Canada, and the U.S.
			Dr. Alastair Hay Toxicologist, Leeds University, England.	• Mechanism of action of dioxin
			Ruth Stringer Research Analyst, Greenpeace UK	• Communicating dioxin analytical data. • Dioxin levels in the environment.
			Tom Webster Senior Scientist, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, Flushing, New York	• Bioaccumulation. • History of health effects and accidents. • Sources of dioxin.
			Dr. Lennart Hardell Epidemiologist, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Umea, Sweden	• Epidemiological studies from Finland. • Dioxin levels in Swedish food.
			Dr. Peter Kahn Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey	• Why is it difficult to pin down dioxin's human health effects.
			Dr. Arnold Schecter, M.D. Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York (Binghamton)	• A summary of the results of ten recent dioxin research projects.
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3.	57	Human Health Effects	Dr. Lennart Hardell - see above	• Epidemiological studies of phenoxy herbicide sprayers in Sweden. • Increases in soft-tissue sarcoma.
			Dr. Mikael Eriksson Oncologist, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Umea, Sweden	• Epidemiological studies of phenoxy herbicide sprayers and farmers in Sweden. • Increases in malignant lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
			Dr. George Lucier National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina	• Mechanism of action. • Dose response curves. • Threshold levels? • Are animal models appropriate for estimating human risks? • Regulatory levels.
			Dr. Otmar Wasserman Chairman, Department of Toxicology, University of Kiel, Germany	• Neurotoxicity and psychological effects. • Immune system damage. • Levels in breast milk. • The need for action.
			Jerry White Executive Director, Sprayers of Dioxin Association, New Brunswick, Canada	• The stunning mortality rates in herbicide sprayers in British Columbia. • Battling DOW in the courts.
			Jeff Shelton Jacksonville, Arkansas	• What dioxin means to one man, his family and his community.
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4.	51:34	Agent Orange Cover Up	Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Jr. U.S. Navy, Retired (Former Chief of Staff)	• We need the whole truth about dioxin.
			Dr. Peter Kahn - see above	• Difficulties inherent to epidemiological studies.
			Richard Christian Deputy Director for Research & Technology Assessment, American Legion, Washington DC	• The complicity of the Center for Disease Control in the Agent Orange cover up.
			George Claxton National Chairman, Agent Orange Committee for Vietnam Veterans of America	• An historical perspective of the Agent Orange cover up.
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5.	58:03	Manipulation and Fraud	Marc Smolonsky Investigator, US Congressional House Committee on Human Resources and Inter-Governmental Relations, Washington DC	• Civic lessons on government manipulation.
			Gerson Smoger Chairman, Litigation Committee on Dioxin, American Trial Lawyers Assoc., California	•Times Beach, Missouri. • Industry's paid experts. • The Media. • Alvin Overmann's trial.
			Tom Webster - see above	• The Chlorine Institute's manipulation of the Banbury Conference. • Manipulation of the Media.
			Pat Costner Research Director, US Toxics Campaign, Greenpeace	• Dioxin is a political and economic issue. • Media manipulation. • The dioxin problem is a chlorine problem. • The need for grassroots action.
			Dr. Alistair Hay - see above	• Misclassification in Monsanto studies.
			Dr. Otmar Wasserman - see above	• Scientific accomplices of fraud.
			Dr. Peter Kahn - see above	• White House manipulations of the Agent Orange Ranch Hand Studies.
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6.	57:20	Shifting the Focus to the Front End: Philosophy and Legalities	Dr. Barry Commoner Director, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, Flushing, New York Dr. Mary O'Brien Staff Scientist, Environmental Research Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland	• Two of America's most articulate scientists on risk assessment.
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7.	49:49	Shifting the Focus to the Front End: Practicalities	Dr. Paul Connett - see above	• The overflowing bathtub analogy.
			Dr. Ken Geiser Director, Toxics Use Reduction Center, University of Massachusetts (Lowell)	• Re-thinking environmental policy. • Shifting from pollution control to pollution prevention. • Toxics use reduction. • Concrete steps.
			Jonathan Wishon Hazardous Waste Incinerator Fighter	• A case study from North Carolina. • A closed-loop solvent recycling system for dry-cleaners.
			Renata Kroesa Toxics Research Director, Greenpeace, Canada	• Getting chlorine out of the paper and pulp industry.
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8.	40:01	Getting Chlorine Out of the Chemical Industry	Tom Webster - see above	• History of chlorine in the chemical industry. • US chlorine production. • Major markets for chlorine.
			Joe Thornton Research Analyst, US Toxics Campaign, Greenpeace	• Greenpeace campaign to ban chlorine use. • Industry's reaction. • Dioxin: tip of the iceberg of organochlorine contamination.
			Richard Miller Policy Analyst, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Union (OCAW)	• The social costs of chlorine phase-out. • The need for a Superfund for displaced workers.
			Dr. Otmar Wasserman - see above	• The need to ask big questions about the conduct of the chemical industry.
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9.	60:06	Incineration and the Grassroots Movement	Dr. Paul Connett - see above	• The need to ask the right questions.
			Irmgard Immenkamp "The Better Garbage Concept", Stuttgart, Germany	• Grassroots opposition to municipal solid waste incineration in Germany.
			Dr. Kees Olie Research Scientist, Laboratory of Environmental & Toxicological Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands	• Municipal solid waste incineration in Holland. • How universities can help citizens.
			Ruth Stringer - see above	• Incineration proposals in Britain.
			Pat Costner - see above	• Problems with hazardous waste incinerators.
			Billie Elmore Director, NC WARN (North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network)	• Grassroots opposition to hazardous waste incineration in North Carolina.
			Sharon Golgan Incinerator Fighter, Jacksonville, Arkansas	• The continuing chemical abuse of Jacksonville, Arkansas.
			Terri Swearinger Incinerator Fighter, East Liverpool, Ohio	• East Liverpool, Ohio: the final battleground of hazardous waste incineration?
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10.	39:19	The Uses and Abuses of Health Risk Assessment	Dr. George Lucier - see above	• The components of risk assessment.
			Dr. Richard Clapp - see above	• Recent developments.
			Marc Smolonsky - see above	• The politics.
			Dr. Barry Commoner - see above	• The semantics.
			Tom Webster - see above	• Industry's influence.
			Dr. Paul Connett - see above	• The incinerator industry abuse of.
			Pat Costner - see above	• The B.S. of risk assessment.
			Dr. Mary O'Brien - see above	• The ethics.
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