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The World

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

In 1980, Lois Gibbs was an unsuspecting mother living in a blue collar community in upstate New York when her children became seriously ill. Reporter Terry Fitzpatrick of member station KPLU-FM in Seattle explores the work of this housewife turned outspoken activist and her fight against toxic waste.