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The Love Canal Tragedy

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Chemical Companies in the Early 19th Century

Chemical companies in the early 19 hundreds, up until about this time, and then continued forward. The hooker company went through different iterations of trying to find a use for this waste. They dumped anywhere from 20 to 22 thousand tons of all sorts of chemicals with very little concern for mixing those chemicals or how to treat specific substances. And they just popped hem in metal barrels.

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