Caveat Emptor Of The Love Canal
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The Love Canal, an area near Niagara Falls in New York, was
excavated around the turn of the century by a company which was headed by
William T. Love. After Love went broke, the canal was put up for action and
was eventually bought by Hooker Chemicals. In the forties, Hooker Chemicals
began dumpin ....
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.... of the chemicals by placing them
under a large clay cap. In the nineties, the EPA declared the area
habitable once again and allowed residents to move back to the Love Canal
under the new name of Black Creek Village. Why would these people move into
an area that was once so unsafe after the government did not even fully
test the site for human safety? The Love Canal was apparently unsafe at one
time and still could be. By allowing people to return to the Love Canal,
the government is allowin ....
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