How A New York Native American Community Was Polluted For Decades

Author

Tola Brennan, Cuny Graduate School of JournalismFollow

Graduation Date

Fall 12-16-2016

Grading Professor

Andy Lehren

Subject Concentration

Investigative

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

General Motors came to the upstate New York's North Country a savior, the bringer of much needed jobs. But after decades of using PCBs, a chemical much later revealed to be highly toxic, it's become the story of one the largest Superfund sites in the country. And the the hardest hit have been the Saint Regis Mohawk whose small reservation is right next door to the now demolished plant. Today, after decades of cleanup, General Motors has capped its liability through a 2009 bankruptcy. With the cleanup set to be completed next year, many Mohawk feel justice was never served.

https://medium.com/@tolabrennan/how-a-new-york-native-american-community-was-polluted-for-decades-51091638a950#.p879ifrv7

Recommended Citation

Brennan, Tola, "How A New York Native American Community Was Polluted For Decades" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/171