Love Canal

Famous Places

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, that was the site of an environmental disaster in the late 1970s. Residents suffered chemical burns, miscarriages, leukemia, and other forms of cancer.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
US
New York
environment
history
health & safety
interpretive

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disaster
canal
dump
sealed
puddle
resident
convince
poisonous
pregnant
evacuated
leaking
miscarriages
renovated
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