Lois Gibbs

A mock-up of an atomic waste barrel is pictured at the entrance of the annual meeting of German utility giant E.ON in Essen on May 3, 2012.

‘It’s worse than any site I’ve been to:’ radioactivity and a Missouri neighborhood

Environment

An underground waste dump on fire is rapidly approaching the site of a landfill with radioactive waste in a small town in Missouri. Environmental activists say the results could be disastrous. Childhood cancers in the area are already on the rise, so why isn’t anyone doing anything about it?

Dying From Dioxin!

The World

LOE Profile #1: Lois Gibbs, fighting Spirit Behind the Love Canal Evacuation