| Chapter 32:
The Lean Years, 19691980
American Lives: Lois Marie Gibbs
Speak
Out: Lois Marie Gibbs
Lois Marie Gibbs first experienced the impact of environmental injustice
when, as a resident of Love Canal, NY, her two children were poisoned by
toxic wastes. Over the past 15 years she has emerged as a leader of the
environmental justice movement and is a founder of the Citizens Clearinghouse
for Hazardous Waste, which works with over 7,000 grassroots groups. Her
vision is to bring together environmental, public health, and economic
issuses crossing class, race, and gender lines to rebuild democracy from
the bottom up.
Envirobiz:
International Environmental Information Network
Environmentalists Release 'Poison Poles' Report and Launch Campaign;
Cite Widespread Contamination and Poisoning from Use of Wood Preservatives
on Utility Poles and Availability of Alternatives.
Greenpeace
UK Science -- Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
Greenpeace highlights 3 books that chronicle the devastation caused
by hormone-disrupting chemicals.
Dioxin--A
General Introduction
What is Dioxin? This site succinctly outlines what dioxins are and
how they affect human life.
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