View of 9903 Colvin Boulevard with Lois Gibbs speaking to a crowd at the Love Canal Homeowners' Association offices about the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement regarding the chromosome damage study of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 17, 1980
Title
View of 9903 Colvin Boulevard with Lois Gibbs speaking to a crowd at the Love Canal Homeowners' Association offices about the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement regarding the chromosome damage study of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 17, 1980
Subject
Gibbs, Lois Marie
Love Canal Homeowners Association
Community activists
Political participation
Public health--Citizen participation
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Housing and health
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A group of people is gathered outside a small building with a sign above the door that reads "Love Canal Homeowners Assoc." Several individuals, including Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs (back row, at left), stand on the steps addressing the crowd, while the audience listens from the yard.
Caption: On May 17, 1980, the EPA announced from DC via the mass media that one of the residents they had tested in a pilot chromosome damage study showed some chromosome damage. Two EPA officials were subsequently "taken hostage" inside the Love Canal Homeowners Association. Photographed by Penelope D. Ploughman.
Caption: On May 17, 1980, the EPA announced from DC via the mass media that one of the residents they had tested in a pilot chromosome damage study showed some chromosome damage. Two EPA officials were subsequently "taken hostage" inside the Love Canal Homeowners Association. Photographed by Penelope D. Ploughman.
Creator
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1980-05-17
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.D.29
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS-0100
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “View of 9903 Colvin Boulevard with Lois Gibbs speaking to a crowd at the Love Canal Homeowners' Association offices about the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement regarding the chromosome damage study of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 17, 1980,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed December 23, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16179.