Love Canal - And the Birth of the Environmental Health Movement

Informationen zum Autor Lois Gibbs is the Executive Director of the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Goldman Environmental Prize and The Heinz Award, and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. A frequent public speaker, Gibbs has appeared on 60 Minutes , 20/20 , Oprah Winfrey , Good Morning America , and many other television and radio programs. Klappentext Today, "Love Canal" is synonymous with the struggle for environmental health and justice. But in 1972, when Lois Gibbs moved there with her husband and new baby, it was simply a modest neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. How did this community become the poster child for toxic disasters? How did Gibbs and her neighbors start a national movement that continues to this day? What do their efforts teach us about current environmental health threats and how to prevent them? "Love Canal" is Gibbs' original account of the landmark case, now updated with insights gained over three decades. Zusammenfassung Originally published: Gabriola Island! B.C.: New Society Publishers! c1998.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gibbs, Lois Marie Gibbs, Gibbs Lois Marie
• Verlag: Island Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.11.2010
• EAN: 9781597267922
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-792-2
• Seiten: 248
• Themen: Ratgeber > Gesundheit; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Family & health, Popular medicine & health, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Family and health, Popular medicine and health