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What happened to the houses in Love Canal?
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency decided today that much of the Love Canal neighborhood in Niagara Falls, N.Y., is safe enough from chemical contamination to permit people to move back in. The decision, by the agency’s Administrator, William K.
What chemicals were involved in the Love Canal disaster?
To determine the extent of chemical migration into private residences, 800 basement air samples from 400 homes within a four block radius of the landfill were analyzed for seven chemical compounds: chloroform, benzene, trichloroethene, toluene, tetrachloroethene, chlorobenzene and chlorotoluene.
Is Love Canal still toxic 2020?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducts air sampling in basements at Love Canal and concludes that toxic vapors it found are a serious health threat. New York State Department of Health reveals its plan for medical studies of Love Canal residents.
Who cleaned up the Love Canal?
Lois Gibbs took to the stage that day 35 years ago, in the seemingly idyllic community of Love Canal, N.Y., and began to find her voice. Transforming herself from homemaker to hell-raiser, she helped convince then-President Jimmy Carter to come to town in 1980 and remove 900 families from a 21,000-ton toxic dump.
What company dumped toxins in Love Canal?
Hooker Chemical Company
Hooker Chemical Company The Niagara Power and Development Company granted permission to Hooker during 1942 to dump wastes into the canal.
How did they clean up Love Canal?
Industrial chemicals dumped into the partly completed canal by the Hooker Chemical Company from 1947 to 1952 have been removed or contained in one area that was lined with impermeable materials and capped by clay. A drainage system collects water runoff and treats it.
Why was the Love Canal district contaminated?
During the 1960’s, complaints about odors and residues were first reported at the Love Canal site. These reports increased in the 1970’s as the water level rose, bringing contaminated groundwater to the surface.
What happened to Niagara Falls?
Thirty years after first opening a convention center too big for its own good, Niagara Falls replaced it with the city’s first casino in 2002, operated by the Seneca Gaming Corporation (SGC) as part of a gaming compact between New York State and the Seneca Nation of Indians.
What was causing all of the people in Love Canal to get sick?
A lung problem that has been diagnosed as pulmonary fibrosis. According to Dolly Salerno, 75, and her attorney, those ailments are the price she pays for living close to Love Canal, one of the world’s most infamous hazardous waste sites.
What is Love Canal called today?
In 1890, Love Canal was created as a model planned community, but was only partially developed. In the 1920s, the canal became a dump site for municipal refuse for the city of Niagara Falls….
| Love Canal | |
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| The area in 2012. | |
| Geography | |
| City | Niagara Falls |
| County | Niagara County |