New York

Latitude: 
43.00
Longitude: 
-75.50
Region Related Areas: 
North America, United States
GeoNames ID: 
5 128 638

Toxic Dumpsite "Love Canal" on EPA's National Priorities List

Love Canal was placed on EPA’s National Priorities List in 1981 to receive federal cleanup aid. The Niagara Falls School District built communities on soil contaminated by long-term toxic waste from the Hooker Chemical Company, causing miscarriages of children and birth defects decades after the dumpsite was closed.

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