In the 1940s, the Hooker Chemical Company buried nearly 20,000 tons of toxic waste under Love Canal. Decades later, an entire neighborhood was unknowingly built on top of it—what happened next ...

In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood ... were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their ...

In the case of Love Canal ... playgrounds had been built upon a toxic dump site that was treacherously leaching and causing widespread illnesses. The toxic waste studies that ensued eventually ...

O’Brien’s latest book – Paradise Falls – dredges up the tragic real life horror story of Love Canal ... to expose Hooker Chemical and its toxic waste cover up. Not only did these women ...

Luella Kenny lost her son, John, after exposure to toxic chemicals in Niagara Falls' Love Canal neighborhood. Kenny has a deeper understanding of these environmental issues. She lost her son ...