A research expedition led by UC Santa Barbara came across old discarded barrels sitting 3,000 feet underwater near Santa Catalina Island. Photo Credit: David Valentine / ROV Jason
During a research voyage in 2011, MSI scientist David Valentine discovered massive amounts of DDT dumped off the coast of Los Angeles. Since then he worked alongside graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and a journalist at the Los Angeles Times to publicize the issue, attracting attention and funding to study the contaminants and the risk they pose to society and the environment.
His findings led to reporting by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, and now a new documentary by The Los Angeles Times, “Out of Plain Sight”. The documentary will world premiere in November at DOC NY, the nation’s largest documentary film festival.
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Watch the trailer for “Out of Plain Sight”