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"When Lois and Harry Gibbs moved to a three-bedroom home in Niagara Falls, New
York, in 1972, the young wife thought she’d hit the jackpot. “I really thought
I had succeeded in finding the best house in this entire country,” Gibbs
recalls. Her husband, a chemical worker, had a good job. Her neighbors were
close-knit, the area idyllic. And kids, were everywhere, roaming the
neighborhood, swimming in the local creek—the Love Canal neighborhood was an
area “alive” with children.
But things were not what they seemed. Under the surface, in the soil beneath
its perfect houses, lay chemical contamination from a toxic waste dump—a
ticking time bomb that would result in disease, tragedy, and Gibbs’
transformation from shy housewife into a nationally known environmental
activist."
Via
Positive.News
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
