Watch Heavy Metal: An American Pollution Story

This film explores the haunting controversy behind a century of silver-lead-zinc mining in Idaho's panhandle and reveals the dangerous health impacts it left behind for its inhabitants. The Silver Valley region is slated to become the largest Superfund in the nation. However, local residents blame the fall of what was once the large what was once the largest mining district against the government.

Heavy Metal: An American Pollution Story is a documentary with a runtime of 56 minutes.