POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL | Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS
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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. POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families.
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can you imagine. the guy that stood up in 1980 said he was 65 years old. born in 1915. can you imagine sitting down with him over a beer or something stronger and just letting him talk? it would be an important life experience.
sitting down and listening to another person is about the calmness thing you could do. @@OsceolaNola7
🙏Delgobbo Family from 389 99th street...... 1963 to 1978 evacuated.
I remember this....about 60 years ago...wow! 6:38
@@josephlori4625 Love Canal began in the spring of 1977, 47 years ago.
$135/month to live in a brand new house was red flag number one, even in the 70s. Those residents were set up from the very beginning smh.
Red flags always present themselves within the first few conversations or at first sight.
No, $135 was a legitimate mortgage payment. My parent’s house cost about $22,500 in 1972 and their monthly payment was about $100. The builder either didn’t do their due diligence or they simply didn’t give a shit, probably the latter.
I rented a decent 3 bedroom house in 2001 for $265/month.
The local government said that both were safe. I remember that and the nuclear plant 3 mile island too.
It is important to keep presenting docs like this which show how our governments and corporate entities continue (past and present) to corruptly manipulate for personal gain - despite the horrific risks associated, as we saw at Love Canal.
If creating actually NEEDED items means the process also creates poisons then WE CAN'T HAVE IT. I know we can do better.
I remember hearing about this when I was in elementary school in the 1970s. Very sad situation!
THIS ISNT NOTHING NEW OR THE FIRST TIME AMERICA DID CRAP LIKE THIS ! WE LITERALLY HAD A BLUEPRINT FOR EUGENICS AND U THINK THIS IS JUST ONE SPOT OF AMERICA ?
very relevant and important exposition of the situations with hidden environmental poisonings. could be the tip of the iceberg.
In this age of extreme polarization, where facts are seen as opinions and we are all encouraged to believe that our enemy is the Other Party its important to remember that big business sees us all as targets to ring as much money from as possible. The real enemy is the predatory corporations who use us with absolutely no respect or consideration for our health and lives. No respect for our future.
Just hearing all this just hurts me so much, and this is only the beginning of this story.😔
East Palestine says ... "hold my beer"
🏆 Well delivered.
I used to work with Carol Jones
You did? What was Carol like? Not trying to pry but this is out of curiosity.🤔
East Palestine Ohio ……..the next Love Canal .
Or like 3 Mile in PA long ago. I may have not been alive during that time but it's terrifying to hear the stories.
@@sapphirejade5029 The only good thing about 3 Mile was the fact it did not turn in to the disasters that were Chernobyl and Fukushima . It still was not pleasant .
And the government wonders why people don't trust
@@joannkennedy3563i dont think they wonder. They just dont care
@adorabledeplorable5105 I have to disagree with 3 mile not "turning into a disaster" it most certainly was and it's effects are still wreaking pain and suffering. I understand what you probably meant, I just think that just because the media did not sensationalise the story as much as they could have at the time does not mean that a disaster was avoided.
"You know you can't swim in the Love Canal, conditions there are a living hell. Who's to blame for the people's fate? Washington, Hooker or New York State"
I hope that these are the lyrics to a punk rock song. They definitely sound like some!!!
@@HonestDepression101 A buddy wrote the song in 1978, "Love Canal Beach Party" - I think was the title. And it was very punk!
Well people were pretty unaware in those days, today everyone knows about waste, the school was going to claim imminent domain and take the property and hooker chemical suggested they just build a park not a school on the the main dump part but the school didn't want to do that and when they started digging to build the school and homes they ruptured the supposed enclosure and the rest is history and its sad when you watch this film the politicians that came most of them just seemed annoyed and not concerned at all. The people that wanted to develop knew there was a dump there they just were very naive about what could happen.
Grew up not far from there (but far enough). I’ll always remember a New Yorker magazine article from way back when about the not so perfect storm, so to speak, that was (and is) Love Canal. Hooker did take advantage of the thick clay soils in the region to create a fair (for the time) clay storage bucket for the chemicals, but that didn’t account for greed and lack of oversight/due diligence down the road when developers dug through the area and released a toxic mess.
It is true that the public is more aware of the negative effects of chemicals that end up in our food and water and the land that we live in. But it seems that in a lot of ways corporations and businesses are just as greedy and unscrupulous, if not more so. It has not gotten any better in the time since then, and it will not get any better unless they face real consequences for their actions.
In the 70s, $28,500 could secure a decent house or even an entire homestead, complete with farmland. A relative of mine managed to buy over 30 acres in a valley during the early 70s, which included a four-bedroom house, four barns, astonishing views, a fresh water well, and a creek, all for just $38,900. Today, that $28,500 is equivalent to about $114,339. Good luck navigating today’s housing market -- between banks and realtors, it is absolute fraudulent to manipulate the housing and property market. Housing and property is a domestic right.
You think those homes were CHEAP because it was the 70’s? Hahahahaha.
Hinkley, ca
Compared to Palestine OHIO, this was a picnick.
Heh. Heh heh. They said "love canal." Edit: watched it and wow that's sad and fucked up 😢
Dude looks like an old Bubbles
This is terrible. You have to realize that they were innocents. No one knew anything about this stuff!! Seeing this from this side of the world is insane. You shouldn't be such damned judgemental asses!!
You bought a house in a place called "Love Canal"? lol You get what you deserve
Interesting how this is been covered up. I forgot all about it. We need to send Elon musk out there in his red lobster suit to save the day.
Some people will do more research finding a new hairstyle or a new care than they will regarding the area they will raise a family. The woman in this video said no one went to investigate the cause of her sneakers burning, one said the price was unsual but wasn't going to question it, didn't pay any attention to the smells They ey made a choice to ignore what was trying to warn them.... pathetic
True, but we have hindsight. Still, I would never want to live anywhere that reeked or had black swamps. Ignorance can be bliss many times.
you're pathetic
Shpuld have took the money whrn offered
Snooze you lose gramps
Drove through this neighborhood couple years ago
A house for 28.5k. in an hoa area...im having a hard time feeling sympathetic. Maybe those boomers should have eaten less avocado toast and move themselves.
A whole neighborhood was poisoned. People were dying...you sound like a real piece of work 🙄🤷🏼♀️
Ok, renter.
Why must normal, good people have to be destroyed to effect change? The politicians responsible must be held accountable.
Change? What change? Look at Palestine Ohio. It's getting worse.