

A haunting tip prompts a Los Angeles Times reporter to discover that as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been dumped into the ocean, just off the coast of Southern California.
November 16, 2024
1h 34m
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Daniel Straub
From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, OUT OF PLAIN SIGHT is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California. Not far from Catalina Island, aboard one of the most-advanced research ships in the world, David Valentine discovered a corroded barrel on the seafloor that gave him chills. The full environmental horror sharpens into greater clarity once he calls Xia, who pieces together a shocking revelation: In the years after World War II, as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been quietly dumped into the ocean – and the consequences continue to haunt the world today.

Dr. David Valentine
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Dr. Alissa Deming
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Dr. Eunha Hoh
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Rosanna Xia
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Rosanna Xia
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Allan Chartrand
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Charlotte Seid
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Toni Sleugh
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Noelle Bowlin
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Brice Semmens
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Dr. Lihini Aluwihare
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LA Times Studios
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Sypher Studios
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