“frogs with six legs…male amphibians with ovaries…mutations likely caused by exposure to ‘endocrine disruptors’…” Not good news for the 2 million who rely on the Washington Aqueduct for their drinking water.
On Tuesday, April 21st, 9 to 11 pm ET, PBS FRONTLINE will broadcast “Poisoned Waters,” an investigation and report card on the Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay. More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, both are in bad shape, mainly because of pollution stemming from agriculture. Will Baker, president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation: “There is no question that the condition of the Chesapeake Bay is like the canary in the coal mine… an indicator of what we are now learning to expect in any body of water nationwide, and across the planet.”
Funding for the program was provided by WG members The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, The Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, The Prince Charitable Trusts, and others.
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Hedrick Smith, the producer, will discuss the program just before it airs, from 6pm to 8pm, at GWU. Admission is free. He’ll be in the Elliot School of Business Building directly inside the E Street entrance.
