Love Canal

Love Canal was a typical Niagara Falls neighborhood. There were houses, a large park, a winding creek, and an elementary school that welcomed 500 students each September. One characteristic that made the area unique was the strange odors that often hung in the air. In 1978 a newspaper article came out in the Niagara Gazette revealing the existence of a vast chemical waste dump in the Love Canal zone. Children were playing and being educated on a landfill. Many were becoming sick. Miscarriages, low birth weights, and birth defects were a common trait among Love Canal families. One child even died as a result of 1, 3, 7, 8- tetrachloro-dibezo-paradiox...