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The Clean room.

Summary:

To determine the true age of the Earth, geochemist Clair Patterson developed the uranium-lead dating method to make an unprecedented discovery, calculating Earth's age of 4.5 billion years. But Patterson's groundbreaking discoveries were just beginning. Patterson made it his mission to draw public attention to the detrimental effects of lead in the environment and dedicated his career to fighting against the petroleum and chemical industry, eventually achieving public health's biggest victory of the 20th century.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (46 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic, [2017]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

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Participant or Performer Note:
Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's description.
Subject: Patterson, Clair C.
Astronomy.
Cosmology.
Lead > Toxicology.
Space and time.
Genre: Documentary television programs.
Science television programs.


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