Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal Full Documentary AMERICAN EXPERIENCE PBS

In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on a former chemical waste dump. , which was now releasing toxic substances and wreaking havoc. on their health. Through interviews with many extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of an unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the historic Superfund. Bill.

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00:00 Prologue
04:47 Channel Living in Love
13:43 The Blizzard of 77
6:42 p.m. The story of Love Canal
29:00 Canal des Mères d’Amour
47:14 Griffin Manor
52:34 Discover chemicals
01:07:37 Luella's story
01:16:15 Protests are increasing
01:25:06 Expanding the Superfund
01:37:50 Hostage taking
01:44:58 Passage of the Superfund
01:46:50Conclusion

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