Love Canal

Love Canal is a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. It is known as the location of a  landfill that became the site of a massive environmental disaster in the 1970s. After years of dumping toxic chemicals harmed the health of hundreds of residents; the area was cleaned up over the course of 21 years in a Superfund operation.

It is seen as a "national symbol of a failure to exercise a sense of concern for future generations". 

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Category:Settlements in New York (state)