Laying Waste: The Poisoning of America by Toxic Chemicals

by Michael Harold Brown

In 1978, a local reporter horrified the nation with his award-winning expose of the Love Canal toxic waste scandal in Niagara Falls. Now, in his chilling account of America's most devastating ecological problem, that reporter, Michael Brown, tells the whole Love Canal story, and exposes more of the thousands of chemical waste dumps across the United States that have contaminated our water, our soil - the very air we breathe - causing life-threatening medical problems for innocent victims. Not since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring have we been so boldly challenged to halt the relentless destruction of our environment - and ourselves.

363 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1981

Reviews

[Lynne Cassinari · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellent read. Michael Brown addressed more than Love Canal in terms of toxic waste and its improper disposal or repurposing.

[Matthew Hill]

this was the classic scare, that as a kid had me looking for 55 gallon drums in my backyard. Later on as an adult I could see through the hysteria and noted that the problems at Love Canal were set in motion by the city of Niagra Falls