Landfill In Niagara Falls

From 1942 to 1953 a landfill in the Niagara Falls area known as the love canal, was contaminated by Chemicals and then sold to the city after being covered up by layers of dirt. The city then allowed homes and schools to be built over the landfill and people started to feel the effects of the hazardous waste. Scientists were brought in and were able to determine that the chemicals dumped seeped into basements and the air and were responsible for the ill health of the residents. The cleanup at the toxic waste site, the nation's most notorious, took 21 years and cost close to $400