- (C) During the 1940s and 1950s, the Hooker Chemical Company dumped
approximately 21,000 tons of organic solvents, acids, and pesticides as well
as their by-products, many of them carcinogenic (cancer causing) or
teratogenic (creating birth defects), into an abandoned canal in New York
State (near Niagara Falls). A school and homes were built over the site.
Chemicals began to leak from the ground and cause illness. Since the
disaster, various levels of government have spent around $250 million
(Superfund) and 20 years cleaning up the site with much of the waste still
buried there. New York State has since rebuilt homes in the area at reduced
prices to attract new residents.
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