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Our Vanishing Wilderness  Of Broccoli and Pelicans and Celery and Seals

Pesticides creep into nature's food chains. Details

 

Program: Our Vanishing Wilderness

Episode: Of Broccoli and Pelicans and Celery and Seals

The first program in this series illustrates the tragic effects that can result when pesticides creep into nature's food chains. It concerns specifically the demise of a major brown pelican flock and the unnatural behavior of seals on islands off the cost of California near Santa Barbara.

Duration: (28:45)
Premiere Date: 10/11/1970
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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