(Source:"Love Canal Images." New York Heritage.)
Love Canal Homeowner's Association
(Source:"Love Canal Images." New York Heritage.)
"Love Canal Homeowners Association (LCHA) consisted of 500 families living within a 10- block area surrounding the Love Canal landfill. Their average income was $10,000 - $25,000, mainly working for the Hooker Chemical Company."
(Source: United States. Center for Health, Environment, and Justice.)
The 99th Street School Board refused to transfer Lois Gibbs' chronically ill son public school, stating, "If it was unsafe for her son then it would be unsafe for all the children and they were not going to close a school because of one concerned mother with a sickly child."
(Source: United States. Center for Health, Environment, and Justice.)
The 99th Street School Board refused to transfer Lois Gibbs' chronically ill son public school, stating, "If it was unsafe for her son then it would be unsafe for all the children and they were not going to close a school because of one concerned mother with a sickly child."
(Source:United States. Center for Health, Environment, and Justice.)
President Jimmy Carter
(Source:"Love Canal." YouTube. YouTube)
For the first time in American history President Carter allowed the Super Fund to be utilized for a non-natural disaster.
Superfund
