Toxic Waste at Love Canal—Who Really Cares About the Environment [Open College series]

The chemical leak at Love Canal informs our environmental thinking — but was it a government failure or a greedy-corporation failure?

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Topics: Good and bad news about Love Canal // Historical information // Consequences and the rise of environmental philosophy // Important facts // Who are the bad guys? // Bad-Corporations/Good-Government narrative // Lessons of the Love Canal case

Transcription: Forthcoming.

Sources: 

[1] New York State Department of Health, “Love Canal Follow-up Health Study – Cancer Study Community Report.”

[2] “Love Canal and the Poisoning of America,” The Atlantic, 1979.

Related:

• Blamestorming and Environmental Problems (Part I) [Good Life series]
• Blamestorming and Environmental Problems (Part II) [Good Life series]
• Global Problems Are Too Big for Little Kids
• Free markets versus pollution?

The complete series of Open College with Stephen Hicks podcasts.