•  HobbitFoot   ( @HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ) 
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    3 months ago

    The problem with using the Love Canal was that it was the local government that really fucked up.

    For the time, Hooker Chemical Company disposed of the chemical waste in a somewhat responsible way; a clay lined canal that they later topped with clay to prevent water infiltration. If the town wasn’t dead set in developing the land, we likely would have never heard of Love Canal.