It’s Time To Take Action! By the 1970s DDT It’s Time To Take Action!
Origins of the Movement April 22, 1970 Millions across US participate in first Earth Day
The Government “Pitches In” 1970 Set pollution standards 1970 Gave factories and cars 5 years to meet emissions standards 1973 Took steps to save animal and plant species 1972 Restricted pollutants from entering US lakes and rivers
Increasing Concern Three Mile Island Love Canal A nuclear power plant reactor overheated causing radiation to escape the plant. Citizens were evacuated, no one was hurt, but people doubted the safety of nuclear power. Love Canal Residents near Niagara Falls, NY discovered that their homes sat on top of a decades-old toxic waste dump…
Increasing Concern Shelby Township Groundwater at an old Ford Visteon Plant is contaminated with cancer causing agents. And it’s spreading…