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by Dr. S. Mohana Roopan
Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000
tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love
Canal.
By the 1940s, the US Army turned it into a toxic waste dump.
During World War II, toxic waste, including that from the Manhattan
Project, was disposed into the canal.
In 1942, the land was purchased by the Hooker Chemical &
Plastic Company and would be used to dump chemical waste into the
canal. Within 10 years, the Hooker Company had dumped an estimated
22,000 tons of chemical waste into the canal=equivalent to 352
million ponds.
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Creeks and bodies of water were turning different colours like
orange, black, and
sickly coloured green. They like were cesspools.
Plant life was turning black and dying all over the place.
Almost 300 animals died of diseases.
The contaminated air made peoples eyes and noses burn. The air
also
had choking, faint, odors.
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Babies were born with many birth defects including deafness,
autism, blindness, three ears, and an extra row of teeth.
Pregnant women and children under the age of two had to be
evacuated.
Chemicals leached into sewers.
Thousands of residents of the Love Canal wrote letters with
complaints of
illnesses and/or other effects.
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They built a drain and chemical collection system to clean up
all of the chemicals.
They built large pipes that carried all the dirty water to the
sewers.
Eventually, new laws were made to determine where toxic
chemicals
should be disposed.
They took out all the dioxin and chemical contained water.
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Hooker Chemical Company and Plastics Corporation were guilty for
the Love Canal tragedy.
Hooker Chemical Company got sued for over $200,000,000.
Do you want this to happen again?
DO NOT work with toxic chemicals carelessly.
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When you work with chemicals that are toxic, or safe, make sure
you clean up after yourself.
If you see something bad happening to our environment, tell an
adult or contact someone who can help.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL
WHEN USING CHEMICALS!
THANK YOU
