Fred Pretty on mercury-poisoned oranges
- Title
- Fred Pretty on mercury-poisoned oranges
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 1 Feb 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:04:04
- Description
- After mercury was found in oranges in Holland, a thorough investigation took place, and Fred Pretty of the Citrus Marketing Board describes the outcome. The poisoning was found to be an isolated incident, and had nothing to do with Israel, as the Palestinians had claimed.
- Contributors
- Fred Pretty
- Keywords
- Israel; Terrorism; International relations; Netherlands; Palestine; Poisoning; Food industry; Metals; Mercury (element); Fruit; Citrus Marketing Board
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LBC/IRN, "Fred Pretty on mercury-poisoned oranges". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001500449015 (Accessed 06 May 2025)