Captain Planet and the Planeteers - Season 2 - Eps 23: Hate Canal
Venice's population is relocating due to its pollution and smog affecting the land and structures - but also because of a large mutated group of rats whose bites sicken their victims. The Planeteers arrive and meet a pathologist, Resa, attempting to find a cure for the disease they cause that her young relative Pietre is suffering, and learn through clues that Verminous Skumm is behind it. But it isn't until Ma-Ti is bitten, and badly suffers, that they learn that Skumm is doing it through a substance placed in processed cheese that causes the rats and whoever they attack to become infected by contaminated canal-water. Now they have to find a cure for the worsening patients and stop the rats from terrorizing the populace with the contamination they thrive on.
About Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Title: Captain Planet and the Planeteers
First Air Date: 1990-09-15
Last Air Date: 1996-05-11
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.763/10 (from 217 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 113
Network: TBS Syndication
Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
Production Companies: Turner Program Services, DiC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera Productions, TBS Productions
Synopsis
Eco-villains beware: Captain Planet is here to save the day! With the guidance of Gaia, five Planeteers - representing Earth, Fire, Water, Wind and Heart - come together to defend our planet from environmental destruction. With their powers combined, the team becomes the solution to pollution!
Cast

Joey Dedio
Wheeler (voice)

LeVar Burton
Kwame (voice)

Kath Soucie
Linka (voice)

Scott Menville
Ma-Ti (voice)

Janice Kawaye
Gi (voice)

David Coburn
Captain Planet (voice)