Love Canal

Description:

Traces the history and eventual cleanup of the ecological disaster known as Love Canal, which resulted from building a neighborhood over a chemical dumpsite that poisoned the environment and endangered the health of residents.

subjects: Hazardous waste sites,  Chemical plants,  Environmental aspects,  Environmental protection,  Waste disposal,  Pollution,  Juvenile literature,  History

Places: Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.),  New York (State),  Niagara Falls