For $7 an hour ...
How much is a job worth? This, the first of a new series of seven investigative reports by Peter Wil liams, examines the curious, tragic case of five women in the United States who chose to be sterilised rather than lose their jobs in the lead industry. It explores the pressures that led up to their decision. It also poses the question: How much do we know about the thousands of substances with which we work in industry today, and about the effects they may be having on the human body? And, in highlighting the dilemma facing the lead industry in Britain over safety standards, PETER WILLIAMS talks to Dr Ioana Lancranjan , a Romanian scientist, about her controversial study of the effects of lead on the male reproductive system.
Film editor JOHN STOTHART
Producer CHRISTOPHER SYKES