Out of Plain Sight
Documentary on UCSB Professor and Oceanographer Dave Valentine’s Discovery of DDT Dumping on Southern California Coast
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Professor and oceanographer David Valentine in 2011 discovered massive dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) dump sites off Catalina Island on the coast of Southern California while investigating the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Professor Valentine’s continued research found that further DDT and other chemical dumping (DDT+) have occurred, expanding the scope of the contamination in the ocean. Professor Valentine and his research group at UCSB continue to assess the contamination along with the risks to human health and environmental wellbeing.
Out of Plain Sight, a 94-minute documentary by the LA Times Studios and Sypher Studios, focuses on Professor Valentine’s DDT dump discovery. Out of Plain Sight had its world premiere at DOC NYC on November 16, 2024 and will move into the regular circuit.
