Erin Brockovich es una madre soltera que consigue un puesto de trabajo en un pequeño despacho de abogados. Su personalidad poco convencional hará que sus comienzos no sean demasiado alentadores, pero todo cambiará cuando decida investigar el extraño caso de unos clientes que padecen una sospechosa enfermedad.

A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion.

Revealing St. Louis, Missouri's atomic past as a uranium processing center for the atomic bomb and the governmental and corporate negligence that lead to the illegal dumping of Manhattan Project radioactive waste throughout North County neighborhoods.