Love Canal Lawsuit

Love canal lawsuit

Prohaska Buffalo News A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Niagara Falls residents who said their health suffered from Love Canal chemicals decades after the government declared the site had been successfully remediated.

Nineteen other cases involving hundreds of past and present residents remain open, but Wednesday's ruling by U.]

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In the mids it was discovered that some 21, tons of toxic waste had been dumped in the area by then-Hooker Chemical Occidental Petroleum Company today as far back as Construction and heavy rainfall released chemical waste, leading to a public health emergency. Love Canal was added by the EPA to the Superfund National Priorities List on September 1, and encompassed a acre site that consisted of the acre hazardous waste landfill, a acre cap, a drainage system, and a leachate collection and treatment system, according to the EPA. Dumping stopped in and, in , the landfill was covered and leased to the Niagara Falls Board of Education and later widely developed with homes and an elementary school. Complaints began in the s and increased over the next decade as the water level rose, which brought contaminated water to the surface. Studies revealed a number of toxins in the surrounding area and waterways, according to the EPA. Nearly 1, families were evacuated and the site was responsible for what became the Federal Superfund legislation. The area was repopulated, including previously abandoned homes, the EPA noted.