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Paradise falls : the true story of an environmental catastrophe

O'Brien, Keith, 1973- author

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Lois Gibbs, Luella Kenny, and Barbara Quimby thought they had found a slice of the American dream when they and their families moved onto the quiet streets of Love Canal, a picturesque middle-class hamlet by Niagara Falls in the winter of 1977, the town had record snowfalls, and in the spring, rains filled the earth with water like a sponge and the basements of the neighbourhood's homes with a pungent odour. It was the sweet, synthetic smell of chemicals. Then, one by one, the children of the more than 800 families that made Love Canal their home started getting very sick. In this propulsive work of narrative reportage, Keith O'Brien uncovers how Lois, Luella, Barbara and other local mothers uncovered the poisonous secret of Love Canal - that they were living on the site where industrial employer Hooker Chemical had been dumping toxic waste for years, and covering it up.

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Subject: Chemical plants Waste disposal Environmental aspects New York (State) Niagara Falls. / Hazardous waste sites New York (State) Niagara Falls. / Pollution Physiological effect New York (State) Niagara Falls. / Hazardous waste site remediation New York (State) Niagara Falls Citizen participation. / Environment and Ecology. / Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) History.
• ISBN: 9780593312094

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
TD181.N72 N5136 2023	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE