Love Canal: A Dollar and a Nightmare

By
Frank Tedesco
Dr. Breslow
Intro to Historical Study
HIS 3150
November 27, 2007

The Love Canal disaster is described as one of the most disturbing environmental events of the twentieth century. A large chemical manufacturing company, Hooker Chemical and Plastics, Co. is accused of burying chemical waste under an elementary school which eventually leaches into the surrounding neighborhood. Numerous health problems of the residents are believed to be connected to the spread of toxic substances by groundwater. Is Love Canal the result of corporate greed and heartlessness? Could this entire crisis been attributed to a real estate transaction for one U.S. dollar? The actual explanation is far more complex.
At the turn of the twentieth century, entrepreneur William Love envisions building a huge hydroelectric facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y. During this time, Thomas Edison has just harnessed the forces of electricity by using......

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