TITLE: |
Love Canal : pollution crisis / by Nichol Bryan. |
AUTHOR: |
Bryan, Nichol, 1958- |
SERIES: |
Environmental disasters |
SERIES: |
Bryan, Nichol, 1958- Environmental disasters. |
PUBLISHED: |
Milwaukee, WI : World Almanac Library, 2004. |
DESCRIPTION: |
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm. |
NOTES: |
Traces the history and eventual cleanup of the ecological disaster known as Love Canal, which resulted from building a neighborhood over a chemical dumpsite that poisoned the environment and endangered the health of residents. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index. |
SUBJECT: |
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)--History. |
SUBJECT: |
Chemical plants--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--Niagara Falls. |
SUBJECT: |
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) |
SUBJECT: |
Hazardous waste sites. |
SUBJECT: |
Pollution. |
SUBJECT: |
Environmental protection. |