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Trailer | Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal

Season 36 Episode 4

The story of housewives who led a grassroots movement to galvanize the Superfund Bill.

In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.

AIR DATE 3/27/24

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