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00:01:45 93.62	Title Slate: The Eleventh Hour #348. Earth Day. Rec: 4/24/90 Dir: Andrew Wilk.
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00:02:01 109.71	Funding by Announcer and charitable orgs overlay the Eleventh Hour graphic.
00:02:18 126.76	Show opener
00:02:42 151.18	Host Robert Lipsyte talking about the celebration of Earth Day at Central Park, he welcomes viewers.
00:02:57 165.35	Host Lipsyte welcomes guest and commentator for tonight's program - Eric Goldstein, Sr. Attny with Natural Resources Defense Council and Author.
00:03:15 183.47	Host Lipsyte announces first story for the night on recycling entitled, "The Throwaways That Won't Die" and introduces commentary for the segment by Dr. Allen Hershkowitz, Scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
00:03:25 194.24	Title slate for off site segment: "Deposit But No Return". glass bottles overlay our Planet Earth.
00:03:28 196.66	Dr. Allen Hershkowitz out on the street holding a box and bag with empty glass bottles. He states that finding a place to return the bottles is difficult.
00:03:50 218.72	Hershkowitz walking into package store carrying box and bag of empty bottles hoping to recycle. Storefront covered in cigarette posters.
00:03:51 219.65	Wide shot NYC package store, awning with Beer - Soda - Open 24 Hrs. over front of store and windows filled with cigarette and beer posters
00:04:01 229.55	No luck at package store Hershkowitz now seen walking into a Food Market with same bags of empty bottles and cans.
00:04:03 231.96	Front entrance food market with awning - small neon signs in windows "coffee hot - cold sandwich"
00:04:09 238.15	Hershkowitz entering third food market with same empty bottles, storefront with signs posted in windows, Marlboro sign on stand out front
00:04:22 250.8	Hershkowitz walking down street now carrying only one bag of empty bottles walking past windows covered in pricing signs: $1.29 Apple Juice, Jumbo Towels 89cents, Bath Tissue 99cents, etc.
00:04:25 253.25	Hershkowitz standing in front of Virginia Slims poster. COMMENTARY - HERSHKOWITZ. I've gotten rid of most of my bottles and cans. But as you saw our small bodegas are reluctant to accept them. High storage space costs and handling costs are prohibitive for some small groceries in New York. upstate, the redemption rate is more than 90%. In New York, it's only 55%. In part, that's because we have fewer outlets that accept bottles and cans. This is especially burdensome on the homeless.
00:04:51 279.44	Homeless Black man talking head, Ronald Waat, standing over large container at the bottle redemption center where "they take everything". Crates and cardboard boxes are seen, chain linked fence.
00:05:17 306.16	Man picking bottles out of large white container at the bottle redemption center, We Can on 52nd Street. Pan out reveals several containers behind a chain linked fenced in area, couple of fellas hanging around.
00:05:19 307.35	Same homeless guy, Ronald Waat, with some missing front teeth talking to unseen interviewer from within the fenced in area of "We Can" recycling center - traffic going by. He states a lot of people call him and his friends, "garbage rats" but it saves him from begging for a dollar.
00:05:39 327.33	Hershowitz unseen explains through pictures, the step by step process of what happens when a can or bottle gets recycled.
00:05:59 347.76	Rendering of empty cola cans and bottles on a conveyor belt, Hershowitz explains unseen, the glass and bottles are then used to make new products, that's "recycling"
00:06:11 360.04	Woman walking through Jing Recycling Plant in Queens, Barbara Madden.
00:06:17 365.27	Truck open in back revealing many bags full of glass and aluminum cans for recycling. Madden points out the aluminum and states this truck just came in from a supermarket.
00:06:28 376.25	African American worker with hard hat empties huge plastic bag of aluminum cans onto conveyor belt.
00:06:34 382.63	Aluminum cans moving up conveyor belt to be crushed.
00:06:38 386.55	Thousands of crushed aluminum cans stacked together
00:06:45 393.5	Aluminum cans dropping onto conveyor belt, moving along belt. Worker with mask and goggles looks on as cans move on down off conveyor to be crushed.
00:06:51 400.22	Madden standing near crushed cans and recycled materials and points out cardboard boxes with glass.
00:06:57 405.91	Case of empty glass bottles being dumped onto conveyor. Glass going up conveyor top crushed - glass coming through crusher in tons of small pieces. Madden narrates the process.
00:07:09 417.49	Close up on large crusher machine in recycling plant.
00:07:11 419.22	Crushed glass on conveyor belt and coming out of shoot now looking like sand.
00:07:20 428.28	Workers in Recycling Plant picking through and throwing boxes as they come through conveyor belt.
00:07:24 432.82	Madden still standing by open truck full of recycles materials in bags, picks up and points out bags containing plastic versus glass and aluminum, and talks about how they can't use it - it costs a penny and a half a pound to get rid of it.
00:07:38 447.14	Talking head, Joseph Lomuscio, Owner Jing Recycling talking with unseen unknown interviewer about the importance of finding a way to get rid of the plastic.
00:07:49 458	Madden outside recycling plant in front of red garage doors and talking with unseen unknown interviewer. she states the plastic and mixed glass ends up in landfills.
00:08:11 479.32	Back with Hershkowitz - he's at a garbage dump, tractors are moving slowly up the hill behind him and a large amount of garbage is seen. He talks with unseen unknown interviewer and gives the stats - 50% of all plastic bottles returned to stores do not get recycled, 20% of all glass bottles returned tot he store don't get recycled - they wind up in incinerators or toxic dumps like the one he's standing at.
00:08:31 499.25	Close up garbage dump, seagulls hanging around
00:08:35 503.33	Hershkowitz walking slowly toward camera at a grassy area that was once a vast wetland, but now a muddy murky garbage dump
00:09:10 538.85	Wide shot of mountain of garbage, tractors moving through it against a blue sky with seagulls flying around.
00:09:14 542.34	Pan out on studio, Robert Lipsyte sitting at triangular table introduces guest, Eric Goldstein of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
00:09:17 545.27	INTERVIEW - GOLDSTEIN Robert Lipsyte: all this recyclemania Why aren't we doing better than this? Eric Goldstein Well, the message here Bob is not to forget about recycling. Recycling is good and recycling can work. The real story is to make sure we create markets to take care of the products we return for recycling Robert Lipsyte in precise. What does that mean here? Eric Goldstein It means here that government has got to do a better job. It's got to make sure that its purchasing decisions. Incorporate recyclability as one of the important factors. We've got to purchase products that are made from recycled materials that will create markets so that then the materials that citizens return to supermarkets will be in fact recycled and reused. Robert Lipsyte Yeah. Now I feel like a bit of a fool caring about this stuff and seeing that not everything gets through. What can I start doing other than pressuring my Congress person but what can I start doing with what I buy on Eric Goldstein citizens can make a real difference on issues of recycling in terms of bottles cans. As we've seen, aluminum is the product of choice because it can be an is being recycled. clear glass is also a product that is frequently recycled. At the present time. plastics are our most troublesome product for recycling we could avoid that where possible. Also, in our broader purchasing decisions, it's helpful have all of us buy products for the product itself, and not the fancy packaging around. Robert Lipsyte That means glass and aluminum. Let's go on to our second tale.
00:10:39 627.74	Interview concludes - Lipsyte cuts away to next off site segment hosted by Andrew Serwer of Fortune Magazine - air pollution in New York.
00:10:56 644.9	Next segment opens with a photo of Earth and the title "The Burning Question" with a large Red Cross overlay.
00:11:00 648.59	Interior Bellevue Hospital Emergency Room in New York. Police officers gathered talking, nurses.
00:11:07 656.18	Andrew Serwer of Fortune Magazine reporting from inside Bellevue ER speaking with unseen interviewer introduces Dr. Bob Hoffman
00:11:09 657.87	Attending Emergency Room Physician, Dr. Hoffman speaking with unseen interviewer talking about how the incidence of Asthma has maybe doubled in the last 10-15 years. Zoom in on his face as he speaks about how patients say the weather conditions have an impact in part on their illness.
00:11:37 686.06	Dr. Hoffman leaning over to examine patient sitting on sofa (shot from behind) with stethoscope.
00:11:41 690.2	Dr. Hoffman handing young female patient with dark hair and big eyeglasses a portable breathing apparatus. Patient takes a large breath through the apparatus (looks like a hairdryer).
00:12:03 711.85	Montage of different smoke stacks blowing billowing clouds of pollution into the sky.
00:12:08 717.23	Wide shot oil refinery - industrial area, cars in parking lot, several buildings with many smoke stacks, thick clouds of pollution smoke billowing up into the sky.
00:12:12 720.58	Andrew Serwer walking down exterior steps of Tisch Hospital in New York City speaking as he walks toward camera about how our hospitals are the prime contributors of our "foul air", they have dozens of incinerators in New York City.
00:12:28 736.34	Pan in on red waste containers (in hospital) holding used plastic gloves, and other waste. Large Syringe sticking out of container.
00:12:37 746.1	Bright yellow burning incinerator fire.
00:12:43 751.77	Pan out from brick building next to NYU Medical center, a smoke stack is seen on top of the Medical Center, some black smoke coming out
00:12:49 757.8	Pan in on tops of some old industrial looking gray buildings with several smoke stacks billowing smoke into the air.
00:12:57 765.75	Talking head Sam Bishop, New York Alliance for Clean Air speaking with unseen unknown interviewer outdoors, traffic going by.
00:13:05 773.78	Bishop looking at camera points going up First Avenue toward New York University and the Veteran's of Administration Medical Center.
00:13:12 780.55	Bishop turns and points toward the other direction, down First Avenue. He points out this area has three other medical facilities including the Beth Israel Medical Center..
00:13:22 791.02	Zoom in on a large medical waste incinerator sitting on the roof of the Beth Israel Medical Center building. Pan over to apartment buildings very near by.
00:13:32 800.59	Bishop walking down First Avenue with Andrew Serwer from Fortune Magazine - with narration.
00:13:42 810.27	Pan in on the roof of NYU's College of Dentistry on 25th Street and First Avenue two large water tanks. As camera pans out, Bishop unseen, narrates that next to the water tanks sits the "pathological waste incinerator" which incinerates various hazardous compounds into the atmosphere.
00:14:04 833.21	Pan down from top of the Kriser Dental Center to the street. Serwer, walking down the street in the midst of traffic, speaks about how ironic it is that the hospitals are contributors to the pollution and our health.
00:14:41 869.36	Elizabeth Somers of the Greater New York Hospital Association speaking with unseen interviewer outdoors states: "At the moment, the preferable way to get rid of the waste generated in the use of equipment and supplies with patients is, according to the CDC and other regulatory agencies, to burn what's left of patient care waste after we care for the patients."
00:14:51 879.89	Cutaway to Serwer leaning against an ambulance talking about the archaic incinerators which would be difficult to modify or improve. But the New York State Dept of Environmental Conservation has released a new set of regulations set to be in effect by January 1992.
00:15:08 896.23	William Hewitt, New York State Department Environmental Conservation speaking with unknown interviewer outside the NYU Medical Center. He states they will be looking at carbon monoxide and other pollutants and require compliance and training.
00:15:30 918.63	Wide shot and z'in on tall slim smoke stack on the top of a building against a blue sky. Zoom in to top
00:15:55 943.97	Back with Elizabeth Somers talking with unseen interviewer about the new regulations.
00:16:03 951.95	Andrew Serwer from behind chain link fence speaks about the hospitals' proposing to build one big regional center to burn medical waste but states - "where will it go, it has to go somewhere, how about your neighborhood?"
00:16:17 965.79	Cutaway back to Eleventh Hour studio, Host Robert Lipsyte seated with Eric Goldstein from the NY Environment Org.
00:16:23 971.27	INSERT INTERVIEW - ERIC GOLDSTEIN Eric Goldstein the problem with hospital incineration is really that in most cases, they are located in densely populated neighborhoods, they have poor pollution controls, they're operated by untrained personnel. And that's unlikely to change. Asking hospitals, which are primarily responsible for health care to become air pollution specialists is not a strategy for solving this problem. Robert Lipsyte What would be a strategy, Eric Goldstein we really first need to concentrate on reducing the amount of wastes produced in hospitals, which has grown explosively over the last decade or two. And to ask that they recycle more, they're still using plastic forks and paper plates in these hospitals. When there's no need for those items. They could be using more recyclable material. Ultimately, on site incineration is probably the worst way to go in terms of public health for hospitals. Robert Lipsyte Well, that's the first step. What about cleaning the air in in general, do you think it can be done? Eric Goldstein It can be done ironically, in the governor's environmental Bond Act proposal, which was approved by legislative leaders yesterday, there was a plank in that that's a $50 million allocation for hospital disposal. We've got to make sure that that does not go to onsite incinerators. The broader issue of air pollution is going to force us to address motor vehicle travel. We've gotten 25% increases in travel throughout the New York Region over the last two decades. Unless we find a way of solving that problem. We'll never get clean air in this region. Robert Lipsyte Well, let's move on to our third and final story.
00:17:53 1061.85	Lipsyte introduces an off site segment about the dangerous chemical, Chromium, hosted by Charles Sennott of the Daily News.
00:18:06 1074.53	Cover slate: "Chromium Blues", skull and crossbones overlay the Planet Earth.
00:18:09 1077.87	Wide shot recycling plant. in bkgd, large grey looking barren area with seagulls
00:18:11 1079.63	Narrator Sennott talkng about the poisonous, dangerous carcinogen, Chromium, blowing in the wind of neighborhood parks in Jersey City, over shots of seagulls and a large barren looking area.
00:18:19 1087.54	Vast area of yellow tinted dirt and close up on sea grass
00:18:21 1090.2	Completely littered area with chain link fence and trash bin
00:18:26 1095.02	Pan out from sewage sitting in water and littered grounds shot through a chain link fence. Sennott is seen walking through the area and narrating about how Jersey City (on the Hudson River) is where nearly all of Jersey's Chromium sites are located.
00:18:45 1113.38	Two young 14 year old kids (male is Neil Napolitano), strolling slowly through littered area of LaPoint Park in Jersey City where they used to play. Narration by Sennott, he states Neil never knew why the dirt had a yellow shine to it.
00:19:01 1129.99	A shopping cart lying on its side in vacant park
00:19:12 1140.36	Pan in on sign in a vacant area: "Warning Keep Out This area contains dangerous contaminated materials which are harmful to HUMAN LIFE - NO TRESPASSING"
00:19:17 1145.88	Close up on the two 14 year old, Neil and friend, still strolling through the contaminated area. Sennott narrating about how Neil has scars from a persistent rash and permanently damaged nasal passages
00:19:25 1153.87	Chain link fence open to a fenced off littered, vacant area with strange green sunlight rays shining down.
00:19:30 1158.46	Talking head, mom of Neil, Mildred Napolitano, speaking with Sennott (unseen) about how the doctors want them to move because of his problems caused by the Chromium. She states the Mayor is supposed to buy out the house but 11 months later she's still there.
00:20:03 1191.45	Pan out from buildings in the neighborhood bordered by chain link fence separating them from the poisonous littered chromium dumping grounds.
00:20:11 1200.16	Sennet walking through the vacant park gives stats on the amounts of chromium waste dumped there, Kearney and in Secaucus.
00:20:19 1207.97	Newspaper clipping from the 1950's about the Chromium dumping: "A Blessing in disguise". Overlay on the article reads: 'Chromium has given the city a "tremendous boost in fighting a rodent problem..." We find it kills off rats...it has been a...help to
00:20:32 1220.66	Color photo still - an older couple in their wedding clothes. Female pinning flower to man's (Frederick Trum) tuxedo. Sennott narrates how the 60 year old Trum died from Chromium poisoning after working 18 years at a trucking terminal built on a Chromium landfill.
00:20:40 1228.74	Newspapers (The Jersey City Reporter) with headline: "Death Blamed on Chromium"
00:20:48 1236.48	Florence Monaco, Step-daughter Frederick Trum, talking to Sennett unseen about the horror of dying of Chromium poisoning.
00:21:09 1258.13	Sennett walking with Ron Ross, Consultant with the Jersey City Health Department and expert on Chromium contamination.
00:21:22 1270.34	View through chain linked fence in Jersey City to the Statue of Liberty.
00:21:30 1278.74	Dr. Ron Ross speaking to unseen Sennett about Chromium contamination.
00:21:48 1297.17	shots of yellow hued dirt - Zoom in on tire track in the yellow dirt with bird dropping.
00:21:59 1307.8	Pan out from high school stadium to close by adjacent lot and site of Chromium land fill - Ross points out the danger and exposure which when inhaled increases chances of lung cancer.
00:22:48 1356.7	More shots of the Chromium contaminated land fill. Zoom in on cracked asphalt and how the Chromium ate its way through
00:22:54 1363.22	Interior of condemned restaurant, damaged walls, garbage strewn about, sheet rock with holes
00:22:57 1365.81	Old tire sitting on glowing lime green dirt.
00:23:18 1386.81	Sennett in parking lot of abandoned supermaket - two homeless men sitting against graffiti wall.
00:23:22 1391.15	Talking head homeless men sitting leaning against graffiti wall talking with Sennett about being notified of the Chromium they've been sleeping on.
00:24:42 1470.98	Talking head homeless African American man talking about the Chromium issue.
00:24:59 1487.71	Back in the studio with Host Lipsyte announces an $81m program for clean up by Governor Fiorio - too little too late -the problem may be more far reaching than Love Canal.
00:25:16 1504.49	INTERVIEW CONTINUED - GOLDSTEIN. Robert Lipstye: Eric Goldstien, we seem to have a lot of these these environmental Trojan horses like chromium. What else is out there waiting to get us Eric Goldstein a while back, Bob, we had one of the chemical manufacturers who used a slogan that said without chemicals life itself would be impossible. Well, this little segment is the more sinister side of the chemical explosion. We've seen the same situation with this bestest, we've seen the same situation with lead. And one of the real tragedies that this story illustrates Is that too often the environmental impacts are felt most severely on the urban poor. Robert Lipsyte Well, again, it's post Earth Day of the party's over, let's get down to earth. What should we do? Eric Goldstein I think one of the real pluses that will grow out of the Earth Day festivities, is a greater willingness to work between all segments of not only the environmental community, but the urban communities and throughout the region to pull together on this. We are all working in the same direction. We're all suffering the same problems. The poor suffer from it the worst. And I think there's a growing recognition of that fact Robert Lipsyte Well, we've seen that in those pieces. I mean, there was always that feeling that environmentalism was really something elite run by people in very expensive flannel shirts. And now we see it does something it does kind of bind bind us all together, doesn't it? Eric Goldstein It sure does. We all drink the same water, we all breathe the same air. Robert Lipsyte But what we said at the top of the show was that it's not easy being green. It will take enormous effort both on an individual on our government basis to make this thing work, because on the short term, it's still it's still making too many people too much money not being environmentally sound. Eric Goldstein Well, that's true. And for a long while our political leaders have been able to slip by and slip through by just mouthing the right words. Now, I think people are saying, we hear you saying you're an environmentalist. What are you going to do to help us? Robert Lipsyte You do senses of some feeling out there? Eric Goldstein Well, if the 75 three quarters of a million people who turned up in New York City's Earth Day celebration are saying anything. They are saying we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. Robert Lipsyte Well, we'll see. We'll see next year. Eric Goldstein, thanks very much for being with us. That's the 11th hour. I'm Robert Lipsyte.
00:27:28 1636.35	Interview concludes, Lipsyte announces the show and himself. Show ends.
00:27:33 1642.2	Show credits over wide shot Lipsyte sitting with Goldstein in the studio.
00:28:33 1702.04	Funding by announcer and charitable orgs overlay The Eleventh Hour graphic.
00:29:11 1739.71	End reel.