Crash Course
How Does Disease Move? Crash Course Geography
From outbreaks of measles in the United States and cholera in Haiti to patterns of lead poisoning near gold mines in Nigeria, medical geographers play an important role in tracking disease in the landscape. Today, we're going to look at...
SciShow
Alice Hamilton: The Doctor Who Made Work Safer | Great Minds
During the period of rapid industrialization at the turn of the 20th century, factory jobs were incredibly unsafe. That is, until Dr. Alice Hamilton basically became an investigative reporter to figure out how factories were poisoning...
MinuteEarth
Why Do We STILL Use Lead Pipes?!
We've known for millennia that lead pipes could make us sick, so why are we still drinking from them?
SciShow
6 Ways Species Rely on Humans for Survival
Sometimes, a species has declined so dramatically that they require serious human intervention to ensure they don’t disappear forever. Here are six ways we’re using conservation and science to keep those species alive....
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SciShow
The Science of Flint's Water Crisis
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a prime example of science being ignored, unknown, or even misused. Here's the chemistry behind how so many things went wrong.
Science ABC
Do Plants Next To Roads Absorb Pollution And Become Harmful?
Plants next to roads can absorb pollution and become harmful, but it really depends on the type of pollution and how close the plant is to the road. Vehicles don’t just produce carbon dioxide and nitrous oxides, but also other types of...
Weird History
How Artificial Sweetener May Have Ruined The Roman Empire
Ancient Rome was the greatest empire in the world - until it collapsed. Did lead exposure doom the empire? Recent research uncovered high levels of lead in Imperial Rome's drinking water, but that wasn't the most dangerous source of lead...
Healthcare Triage
Lawsuits as a Tool to Stifle Research
Health research is difficult for a bunch of reasons. One of those reasons is the practice of using lawsuits to stifle research. A researcher finds that a product is harmful, and the producers of that product attack the researcher in...
JJ Medicine
Lead Poisoning (Lead Toxicity) | Sources, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Lead Poisoning (Lead Toxicity) | Sources, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Lead Poisoning (also known as Lead Toxicity) is a condition involving exposure and increased levels of lead in the blood. Lead is a heavy...
JJ Medicine
Microcytic Anemia & Causes (Iron Deficiency, Thalassemia, Anemia of Chronic Disease, Lead Poisoning)
Lesson on Approach to Microcytic Anemia and an Easy Way to Remember Causes (including iron-deficiency anemia, thalassemia, sideroblastic anemia, anemia of chronic disease and lead poisoning). Microcytic anemia is a low hemoglobin with a...
Curated Video
Elizabeth I of England part 6: Why the Virgin Queen Could be Cruel
From gendered criticism to mercury poisoning from cosmetics, there are many theories about why Elizabeth I could be so cruel.
Curated Video
ROVING REPORT 8145B: BRITAIN: THE LEAD POISON PROBLEM
RR Background to Story: About 10,000 tons of lead go into
Britain's atmosphere each year via the exhaust fumes of the
Nation's traffic. Experts say the lead causes damage to the
body and...
Curated Video
Michigan Gov. Creates Child Lead Exposure Board
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday the state should eliminate, not just reduce, childhood exposure to lead across the state in the wake of the water contamination in Flint. The Republican governor, whose administration has been deemed...
Curated Video
Environmental groups meet officials over lead-poisoned site
15 June, 2007
1. Mid of Paraiso de Dios community inside Haina
2. Mid of children
3. Close up of girls
4. Mid of boys playing in bushes
5. Various of children playing in lead-polluted area
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Sandra Castillo,...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Lead poisoning in NigeriaÕs gold mines
VOICED: Lead poisoning in NigeriaÕs gold mines
Curated Video
Residents Must Leave Housing Complex Due To Lead
More than 1,000 residents of a northwest Indiana public housing complex have been in a state of panic and uncertainty since authorities informed them last month that their homes must be destroyed because of serious lead contamination.A...
Curated Video
Residents Must Leave Housing Complex Due To Lead
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY East Chicago, Indiana - 23 August 2016 1. Various of signage at East Chicago, Ind. housing complex reading (English): "Do not play in the dirt or around the...
Curated Video
Children being treated for lead poisoning, security near factory
Fengxiang, Shaanxi province
1. Various exterior shots of Fengxiang County Hospital
2. Pan of ward filled with children in Fengxiang County Hospital
3. Various of children and their parents on hospital beds
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Ma...
Curated Video
State Council briefing on pollution sources, Greenpeace reax
FILE: Datong, Shanxi Province - 3 December 2009
1. Truck driving in front of power station, tilt up to cooling towers and chimney
2. Wide of chimneys and cooling towers with people on bikes in foreground
3. Workers on dump truck sifting...
Curated Video
Scientists using federal grants spread fertilizer made from human and industrial wastes on yards in poor, black neighborhoods to test whether it might protect children from lead poisoning in the soil.
HEADLINE: Potentially harmful sludge spread near homes
CAPTION: Scientists using federal grants spread fertilizer made from human and industrial wastes on yards in poor, black neighborhoods to test whether it might protect children from...
American Chemical Society
How Much Water Can Kill You?
Can water really poison you? An episode of the ACS Reaction series verifies that water can be toxic in large amounts. In fact, this is the main idea of the lesson: all elements are toxic at the right dose.
American Chemical Society
Chemistry and the Flint Water Crisis - Speaking of Chemistry
Chemistry to the rescue! Viewers of an informative video in the ACS Reactions series see how chemistry provided the proof of lead pollution in Flint, Michigan. They learn that there is no actual law that limits the amount of lead in tap...
TED-Ed
What Does Lead Poisoning Do To Your Brain?
Despite government regulations and improved housing quality, lead poisoning is still an issue today. But what are the implications of lead exposure to a person's brain and neural activity? Learn more in a video that uses animation to...
PBS
Nova: Arctic Passage: Remnants of an Expedition
In this five-part audio slide show Russell Potter talks about what has been found from the ill-fated Franklin expedition. He also puts the expedition in historical context with drawings and newspaper articles from the time.