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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > campaigns, elections, and the law > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > love canal disaster
... > social science subjects > geography > geographic features > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > love canal disaster
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > ideologies > libertarianism > libertarianism and policy > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > love canal disaster
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > population and environment > pollution > love canal disaster

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love canal disaster  

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  • The Love Canal disaster began in the 1950s and came to light in 1976 in Niagara Falls, New York, when the effects of toxic waste buried beneath the neighborhood were discovered. One of the most widely publicized toxic waste disasters, it has remained an important symbol of environmental mismanagement in the environmentalist, public health, and urban planning communities. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Love Canal Disaster]

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