Paradise falls : the true story of an environmental catastrophe
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Burlington Public Library - Non-fiction
363.7384 OBRIEN 2022
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363.7384 OBRIEN 2022
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Burlington Public Library - Non-fiction | 363.7384 OBRIEN 2022 | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Chemical plants -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls.
Hazardous waste site remediation -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls -- Citizen participation.
Hazardous waste sites -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls.
HISTORY / United States / 20th CenturyĤISTORY / Women̂BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists.
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) -- History.
Pollution -- Physiological effect -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls.
Hazardous waste site remediation -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls -- Citizen participation.
Hazardous waste sites -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls.
HISTORY / United States / 20th CenturyĤISTORY / Women̂BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists.
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) -- History.
Pollution -- Physiological effect -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls.
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Other Subjects
Chemical factories.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux -- New York (État) -- Niagara Falls.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux -- Restauration -- New York (État) -- Niagara Falls -- Participation des citoyens.
Hazardous waste sites.
Hazardous wastes.
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) -- Histoire.
Pollution -- Effets physiologiques -- New York (État) -- Niagara Falls.
Pollution.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux -- New York (État) -- Niagara Falls.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux -- Restauration -- New York (État) -- Niagara Falls -- Participation des citoyens.
Hazardous waste sites.
Hazardous wastes.
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) -- Histoire.
Pollution -- Effets physiologiques -- New York (État) -- Niagara Falls.
Pollution.
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Book
Physical Desc
xi, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references in "Notes" (pages 363-423) and index.
Description
"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"--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
O'Brien, K. (2022). Paradise falls: the true story of an environmental catastrophe (First edition.). Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Brien, Keith, 1973-. 2022. Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe. New York: Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Brien, Keith, 1973-. Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe New York: Pantheon Books, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)O'Brien, Keith. Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe First edition., Pantheon Books, 2022.
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