Season 6 · Episode 489
489 - Book Club—Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe with Keith O'Brien
July 8, 202220m 34s
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Show Notes
In the late 1970s, residents of a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York learned their community was built on a toxic waste dump that was causing significant health problems. Keith O'Brien, author of Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what became known as the Love Canal Disaster. The incredible story includes mobilized moms, exploding rocks, a hostage situation, and a young Congressman from Tennessee.