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1970s US postage stamp block with a theme of pollution prevention
People's Climate March (2017)
The conservation policies of Theodore Roosevelt
Protest about the Love Canal contamination by a resident, ca. 1978
Love Canal
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Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, United States, infamous as the location of a 0.28 km2 landfill that became the site of an environmental disaster discovered in 1977. Decades o
Environmental movement in the United States
…1980s and individuals involved in antitoxics groups claim that they are concerned for the health of their families. A prominent case can be seen in the Love Canal Homeowner's association (LCHA); in this case, a housing development was built on a site that had been used for toxic dumping by the Hooker Chemical…
Love Canal in 2012
Love Canal residents discuss revitalizing their contaminated neighborhood with EPA Administrator Lee M. Thomas in 1985.
Abandoned streets on the west side of Love Canal
Looking down 99th Street in Love Canal