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  1. 7. Mai 2024 · By 1979, officials in Washington, DC are taking notice of the situation in Love Canal. A young congressman from Tennessee, Al Gore,... invites Lois Gibbs to testify at the capitol in support of radical updates to the nation’s laws on chemical waste. But local officials, like recently-appointed state health commissioner David ...

  2. Vor 2 Tagen · chemicals leaking into the soil and water in Love Canal, a neighborhood built around what had been a dumping ground for the Hooker Chemical company. The news is a jolt to local residents, like mother Lois Gibbs, who fear for their families’ health. When government officials fail to act, Gibbs helps form a group of unlikely activists set on ...

  3. www.wned.org › blogs › wned-wbfo-press-releasesPoisoned Ground Premiere

    22. Mai 2024 · Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal,” a new documentary from PBS’s American Experience, tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. Love Canal was one of the largest and most impactful public health and environmental ...

  4. 7. Mai 2024 · In the spring of 1978, reporter Mike Brown begins publishing a series of articles in the Niagara Gazette about potentially harmful chemicals leaking into the soil and water in Love Canal, a...

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  5. www.womensactivism.nyc › stories › 10179Women's Activism NYC

    12. Mai 2024 · 1951 - Today. By: Teri Graham | Date Added: May 12, 2024. Lois Gibbs led the struggle to have 800 families from her Niagara Falls community evacuated and relocated after discovering that tons of chemical waste material was buried in nearby Love Canal.

  6. 3. Mai 2024 · Lois Gibbs leads the fight for the people still living in the Love Canal area. Lois Gibbs continues to have doors slammed in her face. Homeowners president Lois Gibbs has fought for relocation for over 700 Love Canal families. She's with us tonight. Mrs. Gibbs, 700 families... (in interview): Instinctively, I knew history was being ...

  7. 26. Juni 2020 · Lois Gibbs, legendary head of the Love Canal Homeowners Association, who confronted governors and presidents in her fight for residents, returns to Niagara Falls Friday for both a reunion...