"… nse to health concerns over toxic waste in neighborhoods like New York’s Love Canal, Superfund, — formally known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response …"

"… r migration of contaminated groundwater off the site are not under control.Love Canal legacyThe Superfund program was launched in 1980 in the wake of a national …"

"… am was launched in 1980 in the wake of a national tragedy that unfolded at Love Canal, N.Y. Lois Gibbs, a housewife-turned-activist who would come to be known a …"

"… ike having four sick kids at a table, and you only have one aspirin," said Love Canal's Gibbs. "You can't decide which one to give it to even though they all ne …"

"… year process to get a site cleaned up," said Gibbs, who no longer lives in Love Canal and now heads the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, a nonprofit …"

"… to the stage that day 35 years ago, in the seemingly idyllic community of Love Canal, N.Y., and began to find her voice. Transforming herself from homemaker to …"

"… ame a movie, Gibbs helped secure an environmental victory of greater heft. Love Canal’s war against the toxins under its feet prompted the federal government …"

"… act. Another photo shows a 3-year-old boy wearing a T-shirt announcing: “Love Canal Guinea Pig. Used by New York State and federal government.” Another pict …"

"… Gibbs began finding that connection in 1978, as she went door to door in Love Canal after learning the community sat atop a landfill of toxins. “Who would b …"

"… hazardous waste dates back to the days of waste dumping disasters such as Love Canal in New York and Times Beach in Missouri in the 1970s and 1980s. Burial of …"

"… al, because New York is more aggressive,” said Gibbs, who lived near the Love Canal toxic waste dump in Niagara Falls, N.Y., in the late 1970s and led efforts …"

"… More than three decades ago, she was a housewife with sick children in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, N.Y., when she learned that her supposed dr …"

"… ent Jimmy Carter to come to town and, in 1980, free some 900 families from Love Canal’s toxic dump. Today, Gibbs and her colleagues at CHEJ have prepared a 4 …"

"… y won a full relocation. Some activists refer to Pensacola as the “Black Love Canal.” Other fence-line fights stretch out even longer. In Norco, La., a fo …"