The Love Canal tragedy is the disaster that took plae near the Niagara
Falls. Between the years 1942 and 1953 a company by the Name of Hook er
Chemical contaminated a landfill in the Niagra Falls area and this area
was known as the Love Canal. Hook er Chemicals dumped 22000 tnnes of
toxic waste and covered it up with dirt and fillings. Then this area was
sold to the area to the Niagra Falls School Board for $1. A school and
about a 100 homes came up in the area. Later these chemicals started
coming to the surface due to heavy rains. This created permanent damage
to the people living there. Even the unborn children were also affected.
