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Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
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Start date
February 1, 2023
Finish date
March 15, 2023
Discussion
March 2023
Discussion leader
Marlies Borzynski

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Susan Bartl
Feb 26, 2023 rated it really liked it
This book shares the stories of the residents of Love Canal and the efforts to prove a direct link from the chemicals dumped into the ground and the health consequences to residents. I was in college abour 100 miles away at the time of the events in the book and only had peripheral knowledge of the situation. I knew nothing about the origin of the Love Canal, but I could certainly relate to the description of the smells in the Buffalo/Niagara region. Buffalo had the smell of the steel mills whil ...more
Kath
Mar 28, 2023 rated it really liked it
Fascinating and horrifying.
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