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What do the Exxon Valdez disaster and the Love Canal disaster have in common?
They are considered some of the worst man-made environmental disasters in U.S. history.
What happened in Niagara falls NY in the 1970?
Love Canal Love Canal Actually The Love Canal Disaster took place in 1978, right after the blizzard of 1977.
What was love canal?
Love Canal is a neighborhoodwithin Niagara Falls, New York. The site is known as the host of a 16-acre landfill that served as the epicenter of a massive environmental pollution disaster that affected the health of hundreds of residents, culminating in an extensive Superfund cleanup operation.
How many people were infected during the love canal disaster?
534 people
What did Three Mile Island and Love Canal have in common?
sites of environmental hazards :) -Novanet
What did the congress create after the love canal contamination and other events involving hazardous waste?
Congress created the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
What did Congress create after the Love Canal contamination and other events involving hazardous waste the Environmental Protection Agency restrictions on the use of DDT Earth Day celebrations the Sup?
What did Congress create after the Love Canal contamination and other events involving hazardous waste? the Environmental Protection Agency restrictions on the use of DDT Earth Day celebrations the Superfund
WHAT environmental disaster took place near Niagara Falls?
A housing project, known as the Love Canal project, was built on top of a chemical dump site. Very bad move. The site became the first EPA Superfund cleanup site. Follow this link for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal#Pre-disaster_state_of_town
How many kinds of man made disasters are there?
They are numerous examples among which are: * Love Canal * Salton Sea * Sand Creek Massacre * The Crusades * Prohibition * Slavery * The Holocaust * The Love Canal * The Exxon Valdez * Chernobyl * Three Mile Island * Hiroshima and Nagasaki * Buffalo Creek * Elections * Taxes * Depressions * Global warming and other environmental concerns The types and kinds are not relevant, and causation boils down to wealth, power control and the resultant arrogance in every case. Some are ecological with an unknown long term effect on planet earth, a few were put into place for a profit motive, some in the name of religion, some out of predjudice and bias, some because of lack of knowledge of technological consequences and a few resulted from arrogance and stupidity
Why was the love canal important?
William Love started to build the canal in the 1890's. The public did not notice that Hooker Chemical company was dumping harmful chemicals in the site. Hooker stopped dumping wastes in the 1950's. Hope this kind of helped, it is still continuing today(By the way). There is still hazardous waste in the site.
Where did the Love Canal get its name?
The man who had the idea to build the canal was William T. Love.
What are the positive impacts of the love canal?
there was no positive impacts from Love Canal it should of never happened in the first place
