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What community experienced severe health from massive industrial chemical dumping?
Love Canal was one, maybe the most famous one in the US.
Where did the Love Canal get its name?
The man who had the idea to build the canal was William T. Love.
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.
Which community experienced severe health effects from massive industrial chemical dumping?
The Love Canal community in New York experienced severe health effects from massive industrial chemical dumping. This led to high rates of cancer, birth defects, and other health issues among residents living in the area.
Where is the Love Canal today?
Love Canal is exactly where it was "then". It is located at the 36 block wide area between Read Avenue and 99th Street in Niagara Falls, New York. There are still homes from the original community near the site, where people stayed when they refused to move from their houses. Also, there is a new development, Black Creek Village, on the edge of the area.
Is love canal a safe community now?
I don't believe so, thoes chemicals were never moved out, only covered again. Looking at all thoes vent tubes in the ground around the contamination sight. Who would want to live there and breathe in that mess. No man made structure is safe enough to cover it forever. It will erupt again. This time I think it will be worse.
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
When did the love canal tragedy happen?
Love Canal made the papers in August, 1978, but the chemicals were dumped starting in the 1950's.
What happen to the residents of love canal?
The pollution made the people of Love Canal sick. The government had to move the people and it became a Superfund site.
Why is there a community?
to be safe
Who did The environmental disaster at Love Canal concerned?
The environmental disaster at Love Canal primarily concerned the residents of the Love Canal neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. In the late 1970s, it was discovered that the area had been built on a toxic waste dump, leading to severe health issues among the community, including high rates of cancer and birth defects. The situation raised significant public awareness about environmental hazards and prompted changes in environmental regulations, ultimately leading to the establishment of the Superfund program.
How was the love canal probelm resolved?
Ronald Regan made Hooker Chemical and Occidental Petroleom pay for t through the Superfund.
