Trailer | What Lies Upstream
Preview: Season 19 Episode 15 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
What Lies Upstream premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 16, 2018.
In the unsetting exposé What Lies Upstream, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 Americans in the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. He uncovers a shocking failure of regulation from both state and federal agencies and a damaged political system where chemical companies often write the laws that govern them.
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Trailer | What Lies Upstream
Preview: Season 19 Episode 15 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
In the unsetting exposé What Lies Upstream, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 Americans in the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. He uncovers a shocking failure of regulation from both state and federal agencies and a damaged political system where chemical companies often write the laws that govern them.
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