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Having grown up listening to newscast after newscast in the late 1970s and early 1980s about Love Canal, I get the gist of the idea that our government will often cater to big business over the interests of the people. To be fair, while this fact seemed a surprise during the whole Love Canal incident, it should come as no surprise that we have a long history with the same, dark underbelly. The case in this instance is the plight of the so-called “radium girls” of the 1920s and 1930s. They, too, were hung out to dry by the very people who were supposed to protect them. Barely a decade after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, you would have thought the powers that be would have learned something. However, ignoring history to prevent similar events from happening again is not our strong suit.