1. It’s Time To Take Action!
By the 1970s
DDT
It’s Time To Take Action!

2. Origins of the Movement
April 22, 1970
Millions across US participate in first Earth Day

3. 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

4. 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…

5. Increasing Concern Shelby Township
Groundwater at an old Ford Visteon Plant is contaminated with cancer causing agents.
And it’s spreading…