9903 Colvin Boulevard with Lois Gibbs (back row left) speaking to residents 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
9903 Colvin Boulevard with Lois Gibbs (back row left) speaking to residents 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
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
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
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
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.D.29
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection
LIB-003
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “9903 Colvin Boulevard with Lois Gibbs (back row left) speaking to residents 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 July 12, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16179.