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Hazerdous Waste
Includes dangerously reactive, corrosive, explosive, or toxic chemicals. The chemicals can exist in forms of solids, liquids, or gases.
LOVE
CANAL
The Love Canal incident took place in a small town near Niagra Falls From 1942-1953 a local company dissposed of 22000 tons of toxic waste into a 3000ft long canal. there after the owner covered the site with topsoil and donated the land to the local bored of education. This site was then devoloped with a housing and a school. Toxic ooz from the accumalation from toxic chemicals began to appear. Many people attribute the vast number of medical complications that many towns poeple suffered from. The sites more than 700 families were eventually evacuated in 1978 and declared the first ever national emergency disaster site.
Toxic ooz from the accumalation from toxic chemicals began to appear. Many people attribute the vast number of medical complications that many towns