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The Love Canal By Albert Wu

Origins of the Love Canal Located in Niagara Falls, New York Meant to be a hydroelectric canal designed by William Love in 1890s Never finished Location of Love Canal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_New_York_location_map.svg

Chemical Waste Dumping Later became a chemical dumpsite Bought by Hooker Chemical Company In 1953, it was sold to the city for one dollar Love Canal dumping site http://kimberlygerson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/LoveCanal001.jpg

The Love Canal Tragedy About 100 homes and a school were built. Soon, abnormal numbers of birth defects and miscarriages began to occur. An emergency was declared in 1978, evacuation began. 1979 tests on survivors showed chromosome damage. Dioxin, a carcinogen found in the Love Canal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1,4-dioxin

Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/history/topics /lovecanal/01.html http://arts.envirolink.org/arts_and_activism/ LoisGibbs.html