Toxic Sunset (1993)
On the Trail of Hazardous Waste from Subic and Clark
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 28M
Director : Benjamin Pimentel, Louella J. Lasola
Sinopse
In 1991 and 1992, the United States closed down two of their largest military bases in Asia. After almost 100 years, our American guests were gone. But we discovered that our guests forgot to clean up. Toxic Sunset probes the issue of toxic wastes in US Military bases in the Philippines.
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