Love Canal : and the birth of the environmental health movement / by Lois Marie Gibbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbs, Lois Marie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pollution--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.).

Pollution.

Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Island Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today, "Love Canal" is synonymous with the struggle for environmental health and justice. But in 1972, when Lois Gibbs moved there with her husband and new baby, it was simply a modest neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. How did this community become the poster child for toxic disasters? How did Gibbs and her neighbors start a national movement that continues to this day? What do their efforts teach us about current environmental health threats and how to prevent them? Love Canal is Gibbs' original account of the landmark case, now updated with insights gained over three decades.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction: The Growth of a Powerful New Environmental Health Movement

Chapter 1: The Problem at Love Canal

Chapter 2: The Swale Theory

Chapter 3: The Killing Ground

Chapter 4: The Motel People

Chapter 5: Still Studying the Problem

Afterword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Originally published: Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781610910309

1610910303

OCLC:

704518563