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NOVA

Season 13 · Episode 18

Are You Swimming in a Sewer?

0.055mDecember 2, 1986

NOVA dips into the sad plight of our coastal waters, where toxic chemicals, raw sewage and disease-carrying microbes are routinely dumped.

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Episode 1Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime
Episode 2Goddess of the Earth
Episode 3Horsemen of China
Episode 4Life's First Feelings
Episode 5The Case of the Frozen Addict
Episode 6Toxic Trials
Episode 7Skydive to the Rain Forest
Episode 8Return of the Osprey
Episode 9The Rise of a Wonder Drug
Episode 10When Wonder Drugs Don't Work
Episode 11Visions of Star Wars
Episode 12The Search for the Disappeared
Episode 13The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side
Episode 14High-Tech Babies
Episode 15Can AIDS Be Stopped?
Episode 16Is Anybody Out There?
Episode 17Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders
Episode 18Are You Swimming in a Sewer?
Episode 19Sail Wars!
Episode 20Leprosy Can Be Cured!
Episode 21How Babies Get Made