Color poster, picturing Lois Gibbs and her daughter Missy Gibbs, promoting environmental protection

Gibbs, Lois Marie

Gibbs, Melissa, 1975-

Center for Health, Environment and Justice (Falls Church, Va.)

Environmentalism

Hazardous wastes--Health aspects

Pollutants--Health aspects

Hazardous waste sites

Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)

This poster uses Love Canal to promote environmental awareness. Love Canal community activist Lois Gibbs is pictured with her daughter Missy.

An advocacy poster featuring a close-up image of an adult holding a child, both with serious expressions. The text emphasizes the lasting impact of the Love Canal environmental disaster. White bold letters against red and brown blocks read:

• “20 Years ago Love Canal families thought they were safe after evacuating their contaminated neighborhoods…”
• “…only to discover they couldn’t protect their families from chemical exposures anywhere. Love Canal could be evacuated but… We can’t Evacuate the World!”
• The bottom line reads: “We must stand our ground to take back our communities, our health and our environment.”

Produced by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, the poster calls for collective action against widespread environmental contamination.

Center for Health, Environment and Justice (Falls Church, Va.)

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1995

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