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social science subjects > business and management > business ethics > cases in business ethics > Love Canal
... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > science and technology communication > critical influences and events > Love Canal
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiology > health risks and health behaviors > Love Canal
... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > municipal/local waste > Love Canal
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Love Canal  

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  • Love Canal, with its shocking images of toxic chemicals seeping into suburban basements and the emergency evacuation of a neighborhood, played a critical role in raising awareness of the dangers of industrial wastes. Love Canal was an abandoned canal in Niagara Falls, New York, where approximately 22,000 tons of chemical wastes were dumped in the 1940s and 1950s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Love Canal]

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