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Lois Gibbs

Lois Gibbs Biography

Activist

Lois Gibbs is an American environmental activist who gained prominence for her actions following the 1978 Three Mile Island nuclear accident. She led local residents in protests against nuclear energy and became a symbol of the national environmental movement.

Lois Gibbs is an American environmental activist who gained prominence for her actions following the 1978 Three Mile Island nuclear accident. She led local residents in protests against nuclear energy and became a symbol of the national environmental movement.

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

People World Action Can Do Community Common Determination Average Common Sense Persistence Changing The World You Can Do It

Author:Lois Gibbs

“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.”

People Needs Order Voice Health Lessons Protect Crisis Massive Chemicals Public Health Choir Canals Contamination Lessons To Be Learned

Author:Lois Gibbs

“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.”

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Author:Lois Gibbs

“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 dioxin story is the story of how science has failed to provide us with answers, how corporations control policymaking and decisions in our society, and how government is silenced.”

Stories Government Decision Answers Corporations Our Society

Book:Dying from Dioxin: A Citizen's Guide to Reclaiming Our Health and Rebuilding Democracy

Source: Dying from Dioxin: A Citizen's Guide to Reclaiming Our Health and Rebuilding Democracy

“People need to stand up hold hands, talk about alternatives. Alternatives, alternatives, alternatives. And people united will never, ever be defeated.”

People Needs Hands United Alternatives Defeated Holding Hands

Author:Lois Gibbs

“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.”

Needs Children Moving Winning Plans Movement Building Our Children Planning Moving Forward Stakes Networking Unborn Unborn Child

Author:Lois Gibbs

About the Author

Born: 1951
Known for: Activist
Quotes: 7

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