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Lake Effect (NEQ – 9)

Friday, October 19th, 2018
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
Category
Film Festival
Film Type
Documentary
Cost
Free, with recommended donation of $5
Location
Main Street Landing Film House
60 Lake Street, 3rd floor
Burlington, VT

Lake Effect
Directed by Jacqueline Heltz
Vermont | 2018 | Documentary | 32 min
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The alarming rise of cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, in the seemingly pristine lakes of Vermont and New Hampshire, has increasingly dominated our local news.  In this film, father-daughter filmmakers Jackie and Jim Heltz set out to investigate the possible link between exposure to neurotoxins found in cyanobacteria and the onset of sporadic cases of the terminal disease, ALS. Through interviews and interactions with neurologists, researchers, politicians, advocates, environmentalists, health officials, farmers, and patients and their families, they explore the challenges surrounding this nascent and very serious public health concern.