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30 years after Love Canal, schoolkids still at risk

30 years after Love Canal, schoolkids still at risk   more»»
Thirty years ago this summer, America learned the name Love Canal. The working-class Niagara Falls neighborhood built atop tons of chemical waste became a synonym for environmental disaster. Despite the outcry over Love Canal, little has been done to make schoolchildren safer from hazardous or toxic waste, says one advocate for environmental causes.

Fri Aug 22, 2008


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