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"From the New York Times best-selling journalist, the staggering, hidden story of an unlikely band of mothers who discovered the deadly secret of Love Canal, and exposed one of America's most devastating environmental disasters. 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 neighborhood's homes with a pungent odor. 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. O'Brien braids together the previously unknown stories of Hooker Chemical's deception, the local newspapermen and scientists who tried to help, the city officials who didn't, and the heroic women who stood up to corporate and governmental indifference, and-ultimately-triumphed. O'Brien paints a vividly how their dauntless efforts would capture the American imagination at the time and form the foundation of the modern environmental movement"--.

"Human modification of the environment always carries a risk of accident and folly. Explore the causes and consequences of the Love Canal disaster of the 1970s in Niagara Falls, New York. Guided by compelling questions such as, 'What led to this disaster?,' 'Who was impacted by it?,' and 'What changed in its aftermath?' the interdisciplinary content blends social studies and science. Ultimately, it pushes students to consider how humans can meet their need for resources in a safe, sustainable way. Books include table of contents, index, glossary, author biography, and timeline"--Provided by the publisher.

Author Diane Wilson describes her crusade to stop Formosa Plastics from polluting the Texas town of Seadrift and its coastal waters. Explores how the corporation silenced workers, disregarded the Environmental Protection Agency, and dumped lethal chemicals into the bays and community. Documents the court fight and Wilson's nonviolent disobedience, action, and hunger strikes to make her point.

Uses the multi-viewpoint technique featured in the classic Japanese film "Rashomon" to examine the events of Love Canal, a New York neighborhood that came to national attention after it was discovered it was contaminated by hazardous waste left behind by the Hooker Chemical Company.

Traces the history and eventual cleanup of the ecological disaster known as Love Canal, which resulted from building a neighborhood over a chemical dumpsite that poisoned the environment and endangered the health of residents.

Presents an account of the 1984 chemical accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, and its aftermath.

A color-illustrated overview of the Love Canal disaster that describes the dumping of toxic waste that the Hooker Chemical Company performed for years in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York; the subsequent costs to residents' health; and residents' efforts in the 1970s to prompt help from the U.S. government.

Describes a female shrimper's attempt to stop a large chemical company from polluting a bay in East Texas.

Presents an account of the Love Canal environmental disaster of the 1970s, which began when Lois Gibbs, concerned about her son's unexplained illnesses, began asking questions about the effects of toxic chemicals dumped in the Love Canal on neighborhood residents.