Dead Sea on the Israeli side allows production of magnesium metal (by a subsidiary, Dead Sea Magnesium Ltd.). Due to the popularity of the sea's therapeutic and healing properties, several companies have also shown interest in the manufacturing and supplying of Dead Sea salts as raw materials for body and skin care products. Since 1930, when its surface was and its level was below sea level, the Dead Sea has been monitored continuously. In recent decades, the Dead Sea has been rapidly shrinking because of diversion of incoming water from the Jordan River to the north. The southern end is fed by
Healers of the Dead Sea Healers of the Dead Sea Healers of the Dead Sea, produced by John Marco Allegro and Douglas Edwards, is a 30-minute CBS documentary regarding Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes. Allegro narrated and had begun work on the film for the BBC in 1980, under the alternative title ""The Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls"". The film charted the discovery of the scrolls, showed how they had survived and emphasized their importance, guiding the viewer around the first century landscape of Qumran. Allegro aimed to increase public interest in the discovery by letting them imagine their way around the various