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Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS | Rachel S.

Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS | Rachel S.

Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal - Trailer | American Experience | PBS

Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal - Trailer | American Experience | PBS

After air and soil tests revealed the presence of dangerous chemicals, the New York State Health Department declared a health emergency in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls on August 2, 1978. But not everyone could get out. Stream POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL on our YouTube channel and the PBS app. #PoisonedGroundPBS | American Experience | PBS

After air and soil tests revealed the presence of dangerous chemicals, the New York State Health Department declared a health emergency in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls on August 2, 1978. But not everyone could get out. Stream POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL on our YouTube channel and the PBS app. #PoisonedGroundPBS | American Experience | PBS

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Your Own Backyard - Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal | American Experience | PBS

Your Own Backyard - Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal | American Experience | PBS

Revisit the story of the 1970s Love Canal disaster, one of the most notorious environmental and public health disasters in US history. The battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the landmark federal Superfund program. Watch American Experience | PBS Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal Monday at 8pm and stream on the PBS App: https://bit.ly/3tdJbpg | New Mexico PBS

Revisit the story of the 1970s Love Canal disaster, one of the most notorious environmental and public health disasters in US history. The battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the landmark federal Superfund program. Watch American Experience | PBS Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal Monday at 8pm and stream on the PBS App: https://bit.ly/3tdJbpg | New Mexico PBS

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“It was hard to believe this could happen in the United States of America.” In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. With their families' health at stake, the women of Love Canal took on the chemical industry and the government -- and started a grassroots movement that would lead to landmark environmental legislation. Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal premieres Monday, April 22 from Amer

“It was hard to believe this could happen in the United States of America.” In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. With their families' health at stake, the women of Love Canal took on the chemical industry and the government -- and started a grassroots movement that would lead to landmark environmental legislation. Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal premieres Monday, April 22 from Amer

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In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. With their families' health at stake, the women of Love Canal took on the chemical industry and the government—and started a grassroots movement that would lead to landmark environmental legislation. Watch @americanexperiencePBS tonight at 9PM for "Poisoned Ground: Tragedy at Love Canal". | Vegas PBS

In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. With their families' health at stake, the women of Love Canal took on the chemical industry and the government—and started a grassroots movement that would lead to landmark environmental legislation. Watch @americanexperiencePBS tonight at 9PM for "Poisoned Ground: Tragedy at Love Canal". | Vegas PBS

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The housewives-turned-activists of Love Canal created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill, which would force companies to shoulder the burden of their environmental impact. #PoisonedGroundPBS premieres Earth Day on PBS → https://to.pbs.org/3TSse20 | American Experience | PBS

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As the homeowners of Love Canal captured media attention, renters in the city’s public housing—who had the same health issues and fears—struggled to get acknowledged. Watch the story unfold in POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL, now streaming on YouTube, PBS.org and the @PBS app. → https://to.pbs.org/3TSse20 #PoisonedGroundPBS | American Experience | PBS

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What would you do if you discovered that your home was built on top of a chemical waste dump? This hypothetical became reality for the families of Love Canal, New York in the late 1970s. Find out what they did next—and how it changed the way Americans think about environmental regulation and remediation—in POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL premiering Mon, Apr 22 on @PBS. #PoisonedGroundPBS | American Experience | PBS

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When family pets in Love Canal started dying from cancer and other unexplained illnesses, it seemed normal at first—because it was happening to everyone. But it was just the beginning of uncovering a toxic secret. POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL premieres April 22 at 9/8c on @PBS. → https://to.pbs.org/3TSse20 #PoisonedGroundPBS | American Experience | PBS

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On January 28, 1977, the "Blizzard of '77" hit Western New York, with over 100 inches of snow and high winds creating drifts up to 40 feet. When the snow finally melted, it had unearthed a toxic secret just beneath the surface of Love Canal, New York. #PoisonedGroundPBS, is now streaming on YouTube, PBS.org and the @PBS app. → https://to.pbs.org/3TSse20 | American Experience | PBS

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“People realize they were living not simply on top of a dump that was leaking, they were living in a chemical disaster zone.” POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL premieres Monday, April 22nd at 9/8c on PBS → https://to.pbs.org/3TSse20 | American Experience | PBS

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This Earth Day, American Experience | PBS presents a story of pollution, disease, resistance, and change. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. With their families' health at stake, the women of the Love Canal took on the chemical industry and the government – and started a grassroots movement that would lead to landmark environmental legislation. Catch it tonight at 9pm. | GBH

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"Everyone had a story, from skin rashes to cancer." #PoisonedGroundPBS premieres Apr 22 at 9/8c on @PBS, YouTube and the PBS App → https://to.pbs.org/3TSse20 | American Experience | PBS

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Thousands of Superfund sites have been identified across the United States, many of them located in communities of color and low income communities that face barriers to relocation. We spoke with environmental scientist Lizette Ruiz, a resident of South Gate, California, to learn more about the impact of environmental racism and what it's like living around a Superfund site today. To learn about the very first Superfund site, watch POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL, premiering Monday, A

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A TOXIC SECRET BENEATH THEIR FEET Tonight at 9PM, don't miss Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal the story of the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, who discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. | East Tennessee PBS

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"It was like watching an accident in slow motion." Uncover the extraordinary story of America's first Superfund site in POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL, now streaming on YouTube and the PBS App → https://youtu.be/gR4YBDzPzd0 #PoisonedGroundPBS | American Experience | PBS

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Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth? Every year around Halloween, we hear the same concern: you gotta check the candy for poison because strangers put laxatives in Tootsie Rolls, Razor Blades in Apples and heroine in Snickers. But is this trick or treat dilemma an actual reality or just a clever way for your parents to steal your candy? The truth is out there (and by out there we mean in the episode that you should definitely watch). | PBS Origins

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The definitive review of the progress made in protecting and restoring our planet in 2024. The Earthshot Report is now streaming on the PBS app. | PBS

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Poisoned earth. The cracked muddy ground is a poisonous stream, littered with clam shells and household waste. Disordered environment and bad ecology

In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Join us for a free preview screening of American Experience | PBS' Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal and discussion with filmmaker, Jamila Ephron and New York State Museum Senior Historian, Aaron Noble this Sund

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What exactly went wrong in Flint—and what does it mean for the rest of the country? Don't miss "Poisoned Water," airing May 31, 2017 at 9/8c on PBS: http://to.pbs.org/2r6AYnV | NOVA l PBS

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Poisoned earth. The cracked muddy ground is a poisonous stream, littered with clam shells and household waste. Disordered environment and bad ecology

Poisoned earth. The cracked muddy ground is a poisonous stream, littered with clam shells and household waste. Disordered environment and bad ecology

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