| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 09, 2003 | 
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| Director: | Ewa Ewart | 
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| Genres: | Documentary | 
| Keywords | pollution, environment, industrial pollution | 
| Production Companies | BBC | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 02, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Tim Samuels | Self - Presenter | 
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| Stefan Thissen | Camera Operator | 
| Karen O'Connor | Editor | 
| Ewa Ewart | Director | 
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| Ewa Ewart | Producer | 
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