Continuous US bombing of Iraq has created an environmental nightmare leading to the deaths of 5000 children per month. In the first few hours of the 1991 bombing, 95% of the electrical, water treatment, and sewage treatment plants were destroyed. Host Don Fitz and Chrissy Kirchhofer of the Peace Economy Project discuss the use of "depleted" uranium by the US, which leaves the birthplace of western civilization a toxic wasteland causing birth defects and ovarian cancer for the next several billion years. Experiences of Iraqi civilians are highlighted in footage from "Iraq: State of the Sanctions 2002."

The Green Time show on

"IRAQ: ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE"

will air on Double Helix Channel 21 in the City of St. Louis at the following times:

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 29 & February 5, 2003,
2:30 p.m., Friday, January 31 & February 7, 2003,
12:30 p.m., Saturday, February 1 & 8, 2003,
7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 2 & 9, 2003.

For viewers in St. Louis and St. Charles Counties, this Green Time episode will air on Regional Access Channel 18 in the Charter Classic Area at the following time:

6:00 p.m., Saturday, February 8 & 15, 2003.

Portions of "Iraq: State of the Sanctions 2002" are shown with permission of the FLYING FOCUS VIDEO COLLECTIVE: 503-321-5051; email; website.

Green Time, St. Louis' only environmental public access TV show, is produced by the Gateway Greens in conjunction with DHTV Ch. 21 and the cable system in St. Louis.

For more information about this Green Time production (No. 164), please call Don Fitz at 314-727-8554. To order a copy, send $19 ($15 + $4 postage) to "Double Helix" at 625 N. Euclid, Suite 460, St. Louis MO 63108.