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The Love Canal

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.

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The Love Canal

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  1. The Love Canal By Albert Wu

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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