Love Canal

Love Canal

Love Canal now longer exists.  Most ghost towns are filled with tales of hauntings to keep people away.  Not here.  One of the worst environmental disasters caused the residents of this town to become ill and finally have to move.  The effects of this are still felt today.
Published: November 20, 2019

Location:

Near Niagara Falls, NY

Sources for the show:

Superfund365, transition.turbulence.org/Works/superfund/video.html.

Dabkowski, Colin. “A History of the Love Canal Disaster, 1893 to 1998.” The Buffalo News, The Buffalo News, 6 Aug. 2018, buffalonews.com/2018/08/04/a-history-of-the-love-canal-disaster-1893-to-1998/.

“Department of Health.” Love Canal - Public Health Time Bomb, www.health.ny.gov/environmental/investigations/love_canal/lctimbmb.htm.
Flynn, Sean.

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“From Homemaker to Hell-Raiser in Love Canal.” Center for Public Integrity, 15 Apr. 2013, publicintegrity.org/environment/from-homemaker-to-hell-raiser-in-love-canal/.

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“Love Canal: A Brief History.” SUNY Geneseo, www.geneseo.edu/history/love_canal_history.
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“University Archives.” About - University Archives - University at Buffalo Libraries, library.buffalo.edu/archives/lovecanal/about/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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