Love Canal
eBook - ePub

Love Canal

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eBook - ePub

About this book

Love Canal originated in 1894 as part of William T. Love's dreamto build a model city and power canal. The neighborhood emerged in the 1970s as an environmental nightmare and harbinger of the worldwide hazardous waste crisis. Photographs in Love Canal tell the story of the community's early development and the subsequent use of the canal by Hooker Electrochemical Company to discard industrial chemical waste from 1942 to 1953. In the late 1970s, the seemingly dormant dump began to leak, and residents found themselves in a slowly unfolding nightmare, learning that the waste dumped in the canal decades before was not simply garbage but actually a toxic brew of dangerous chemicals that were hazardous to life, health, and property.

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Yes, you can access Love Canal by Penelope Ploughman PhD JD in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781439641996
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Harnessing Niagara: The Beginning
  8. 2. William T. Love’s Dream: 1893–1912
  9. 3. Sowing the Seeds of a Nightmare: 1913–1952
  10. 4. American Dream: 1953–1975
  11. 5. The Nightmare Unfolds: 1976–May 1978
  12. 6. Awakening, Awareness, and Response: June 1978–October 1980
  13. 7. Neighborhood Revitalization: 1981–2012
  14. 8. Lessons of Love Canal: The Future
  15. Bibliography