Lois Gibbs was just another mother in Love Canal, when she realized that her seven-year-old son’s school was built on toxic chemical waste. Further investigation showed that not only the school but her entire town was built on toxic waste. With no prior activism under her belt, Gibbs organized the Love Canal Homeowner Association, which battled local, state and federal government and eventually led to the evacuation of nearly 900 homes and the clean up of the Canal.
Back in the 1890’s entrepreneur and visionary William T. Love moved to Niagara Falls, New York with plans to build a revolutionary city that was powered by hydroelectric dams in a new canal. Years later the city of Niagara Falls, decided to bought the canal because they felt it would be an ideal chemical dumping site. And after the waste was covered a neighborhood was build on top of it. Local water pits were used for recreational use, such as swimming, skating and many community events.
It is estimated that nearly 22,000 tons of waste in the pit.
248 different types of Chemicals.
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