Homer Séguin Talks About Radiation at Elliot Lake

19788 min 10 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Boyce Richardson

Production: Andy ThomsonPeter Katadotis

Script: Boyce Richardson

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Completion services provided by Bomi Productions Limited.

Homer Séguin, staff representative of the United Steelworkers of America in Elliot Lake, Ontario, describes the radiation tragedy among uranium miners in that small town. Lung cancer caused by radiation is a death sentence. It must be prevented because it can not yet be cured, he says.

Subject categories

  • Health and Medicine > CancerOccupational Health
  • Mining > MetalsOntarioWork Issues
  • Safety > Occupational Safety
  • Work and Labour Relations > Working Conditions

Credits

director
Boyce Richardson
script
Boyce Richardson
producer
Andy Thomson
executive producer
Peter Katadotis
camera
Don Virgo
sound
Bev Davidson
editing
Mike Goddard