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What if you found 22,000 tons of toxic waste in your own backyard?
What would you do if you discovered that your home was built on top of a former chemical waste dump? This hypothetical became reality for the families of Love Canal, New York in the late 1970s.
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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
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After attempting to commit the perfect crime, would two boys get the death penalty?
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In the 1950's a Polio outbreak swept the U.S., devastating communities nationwide.