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NYT_1982_9_25_p17_WC Protest_Move Waste AL
An article noting possible solution to problem of PCB disposal in Warren County, NC: move to different site in AL.
NYT_1984_2_26_pNJ3_Ironbound Committee
A newspaper article about a Newark neighborhoods protest of toxic waste contamination.
NYT_Chemical Plant Demon_NJ_1984_5_6_p43
A brief notice of a march at a Dioxin plant to draw attention to Agent Orange, dioxin, and their effects on Vietnam soldiers and Newark residents living near the plant.
NYT_Ironbound_Newark_Dioxin_1984_7_9_pB1
Feature article with illustrations concerning health effects of dioxin contamination in Ironbound neighborhood of Newark NJ.
NYT_New Jersey Env Issues_1984_10_21_p26
An exposition and explanation of the challenges of trash disposal and resource management from the county executive (Peter Shapiro) of Essex County, NJ.
NYT_Times Beach_1982_12_26_p22_Reinhold_Dioxin Threat
A newspaper article reporting on fears of dioxin contamination in Times Beach, MO in the wake of toxic waste use in the past followed by a major flood.
WAP Times Beach_1983_1_6_pA1_Tainted Town
An article about concerns regarding widespread dioxin contamination in Times Beach, MO after a major flood.
WAP_1982_9_17_pA3_Photo_McKissick_WC NC
A photograph showing civil rights leader Floyd McKissick being carried away and arrested by police officers during a demonstration in protest of EPA siting of a PCB disposal site in Warren County, N Y.
WAP_1982_10_11_pA1_Russakoff_PCB Protest
An article on a new protest movement emerging, with direct ties to Civil Rights movement but with new enemy: PCB waste site proposed for rural Warren County, NY.
ADW_1991_10_20_p1_Chavis_EL Summit
Civil Rights leader Benjamin Chavis announces and describes in an Atlanta newspaper the upcoming First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in DC.