Lois Gibbs
(1952-)

American Environmental Activist
1990 Goldman Environmental Prize
Heinz Award Winner

birthdate: June 25
birthplace:
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QUOTES

"Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience."

"The main lesson to be learned from the Love Canal crisis is that in order to protect public health from chemical contamination, there needs to be a massive outcry--a choir of voices--by the American people demanding change."

"The citizens of Love Canal provided an example of how a blue-collar community with few resources can win against great odds (a multi-billion-dollar international corporation and an unresponsive government), using the power of the people in our democratic system."

"It will take a massive effort to move society from corporate domination, in which industry's rights to pollute and damage health and the environment supersede the public's right to live, work, and play in safety. This is a political fight. The science is already there, showing that people's health is at risk. To win, we will need to keep building the movement, networking with one another, planning, strategizing, and moving forward. Our children's futures, and those of their unborn children, are at stake."

The average boy, girl, woman or man in the United States has enough or almost enough dioxin in his or her body to damage his or her health.

The only way we can save our families is to eliminate the sources of dioxin in everyone's backyard.

We need to save ourselves by saving each other.

 

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