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Coming Soon! Premieres Monday, April 22, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. The dramatic and inspiring story of ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
American Experience"Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal"Premieres Monday, April 22 on PBS and Streaming on PBS.orgDocumentary Tells the Story of One of the Nation’s Most Notorious Envir
i became active with the love canal homeowners association. they called us the 'hysterical housewives'. well, yeah, sure, you're going to be hysterical when you see what's in front of you and they're telling you there's nothing wrong. beverly pagan, a cancer research specialist, began to map out the incidents of illness in the still—occupied houses round about. this is nervous breakdowns. we then plotted suicides. these pink dots are l hyperactivity, the red ones are epilepsy. we have here miscarriages - in the neighbourhood and then, these two pink- are stillborn babies. at that point, lois gibbs, who was the leader of the homeowners, she and another took two epa officials hostage. they held them all day long. finally, president carter said that he would discuss funds for evacuation.