Niagara Falls, New York

There were no reported direct casualties stemming from the disaster. However, there were numerous miscarriages and birth defects directly caused by the hazardous waste. Countless children were injured from burns procured from playing near chemical exposure (Beck, 1979). The Environmental Health Perspectives conducted a study to determine the mortality rates of previous Love Canal residents compared to New York mortality rates as a whole between 1979 and 1996. Their study showed no elevated mortality rates from specific cancers were reported for the Love Canal area (Gensburg et al., 2009). The EPA provided $4 million for corrective work to the Love Canal Disaster site. President Carter spent $10 million purchasing homes during the relocation process. Every house surrounding the old canal was damaged due to toxic waste exposure (University at Buffalo Libraries, n.d.). The Department of Environmental Conservation constructed a tile drain collection system to prevent further rainfall from washing chemicals into the surrounding ground. This system collects the migrating chemicals that are then filtered into a water treatment plant. In the plant water is filtered through activated charcoal and the clean water is released into the sewer (Gibbs, 1983). When the dumping began in the 1920s, even with…

With its beautiful cascading waters, Niagara Falls draws over twelve million visitors a year to stare awestruck at the falls and drink wine from any one of its sixty wineries. In addition to being a tourist attraction, Niagara Falls doubles as an inexpensive source of hydroelectric power for a planned industrial community. However, in the early 1940s the United States government diminished the beauty of this once pristine place. They allowed the Hooker Chemical Company to dump twenty-one tons of…

The Love Canal Tragedy is regarded as one of the most notorious hazardous waste dumpsites in United States history. In 1942, Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corporation (now Occidental Petroleum Corporation) purchased the site of Love Canal. During the time period from 1942 to 1953 Hooker Chemical dumped approximately 22,000 tons of mixed chemical waste into the Love Canal. After Hooker Chemical was finished using the site it was sold to the Niagara Falls School Board for the price of $1.00, with…

With steady improvements and with more of the tourist looking for a backwoods area with excellent fishing and hunting the Summer Resort started to flourish. On of the earliest guests of John 's Summer Resort was two families of Bampfield 's, James and his brother along with their wives on an 1895 fishing excursion. The Bampfields were one of the wealthiest families in Niagara Falls Ontario whose success emanated form various commercial development such as the Great Western Restaurant and a…

Using the canal as a chemical waste dump Hooker Chemical Company sold to 99th street school for $1 Abnormally high birth defects, miscarriages and, illnesses 239 families were relocated In 1978, people in the neighborhood Love Canal of Niagara Falls, New York were discovering all sorts of different illnesses and noticed that there was an abnormally high percentage of birth defects and miscarriages. Later on they figured out it was because of former owners of the contaminated 15 acres,…

In the 1970's, the working-class community in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York, was evacuated due to deadly chemicals seeping into the environment and harming people and pets. Before that, the Hooker Chemical Company dumped industrial chemicals in the unfinished canal, and capped it only clay. The Niagara Falls City School District was in need of land, so in 1953, Hooker sold the land to them for $1. Homes were built on top of the chemicals and more than 80 industrial chemicals…

go to sleep for the night. One of the things kids don’t like at first but then make it a competition is to go bird watching and to see who can find the rarest or the coolest looking. For example there are 200 different types of bird specimen throughout a rather small size of our natural park, because it only takes up 232 miles of the 147,000 acres of land that takes up Zion the amazing national park. Here if you like trips that are longer than a day you can enjoy our fancy lodges and hotels, but…

Every family has a place that they like to go every year, and my families place is Ontario, Canada. We drove and drove and drove and drove and drove for days! Well, actually it was only fourteen hours, but it felt like eternity. We stayed at a place called Stanley’s Resort and everyone there was very friendly and would make an effort to get to know you. We went with my grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles, and my parents and siblings. At the resort, we stayed in a gorgeous cabin and near our…

When we think of Niagara region, the first thing which comes into the mind is Niagara Falls. It has been perfectly carved almost 12000 years ago during the ice age. It is one of the number 1 tourist destinations in Ontario. 14 million people come every year to experience a Wonder of the World. Nature has created a combination of beauty, power and strength. According to me, the industries which are playing the major roles in shaping the Niagara region are Tourism and Hospitality with the world…

Water gushes from the rocks dangling from high above. The exquisite sight is dazzling from any perspective. Jamaica State Park, Hamilton Falls is the most marvelous natural area I have visited. Swimming here is very hazardous and not recommended but it is an adventure that some people cannot resist. Memories that are in crushed in my brain now and forever. The crystal clear water dances as the sunlight bounces off the surface. The sound of the trickling water sooths the soul and relaxes you…