In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and harming their health.
American Experience
The residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, were shocked to learn that their community was situated on a hazardous chemical waste dump in the late 1970s.
