Hooker Chemical's Role in the Disaster

Hooker chemical refused to take responsibility for the role it played in the disaster. After almost six hours the standoff ended without incident. The EPA officials were released and the protesters' demands had finally been heard. By 1982 almost all of the families had vacated love canal although about 90 of the 900 families chose to stay. Most of the houses in the residential areas had been bulldozed. Those that remained behind lived in houses that stood alone amongst rows of demolished neighborhood blocks.