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NOVA: Poisoned Winds of War

Nova (1990)

Documentary | United States

Director: Kirk Wolfinger, Sarah Holt

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SEASON: 17

EPISODE: 13 - Poisoned Winds of War

SYNOPSIS

Sixty-five years after attempts to ban them, chemical weapons pose more of a threat than ever. NOVA looks at the problem of controlling substances that are easily produced and cruelly effective.

Actors

Voice: Eriq La Salle, Kay Tong Lim, Yu Beng Lim, Timothy Nga, Gerald Chew, Dan Ziskie, Craig S. Wollman, Patrice Donnell

Writer: Julia Cort, Joseph McMaster

Narrator: Will Lyman, Neil Ross

RUNTIME: 55 min

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