https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c en-us 2021-04-12 16:47:28 UTC 2025-11-17 11:40:59 UTC hello@padlet.com enguyen7691 https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c/wish/1408347132 Love Canal is a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, infamous as the location of a 70-acre landfill that became the site of an enormous environmental disaster in the 1970s. ]]> 2021-04-12 16:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c/wish/1408347132 enguyen7691 https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c/wish/1408359243 There was no monitoring or evaluating of the chemical wastes stored under the ground. Additionally, the clay cover of the canal which was supposed to be impermeable began to crack. This caused contaminants to leak into the houses of residents.]]> 2021-04-12 16:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c/wish/1408359243 enguyen7691 https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c/wish/1408359525 Numerous contaminants dumped in the landfill included chlorinated hydrocarbon residues, processed sludge, fly ash, and other materials, including residential municipal garbage.]]> 2021-04-12 16:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c/wish/1408359525 enguyen7691 https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c/wish/1408365800 The entire process occurred over 21 years and cost a total of $400 million. In total, 950 families had been evacuated. ]]> 2021-04-12 16:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/enguyen7691/xf3nlk5l97b5f18c/wish/1408365800