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Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
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93
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92/100Critics
94/100Scholars
Author:
Keith O'Brien
Publisher:
Pantheon
Date:
April 12, 2022
The story of a band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical's secret dumping in the Love Canalânear New York's Niagara Fallsâand exposed one of America's most devastating toxic waste disasters, sparking the environmental movement as we know it today.
What The Reviewers Say
[A] propulsive account.
Keith O’Brien offers a panoramic perspective of the galvanizing incident that resulted in the passage of the 1980 Superfund Act.
Richly detailed.
O’Brien’s...meticulously researched and gripping history of the massive environmental disaster at Love Canal draws readers into the unrest, anxiety, and bewilderment of everyday people discovering their beloved neighborhood is poisoned and deadly.
