Explore how William T. Love's vision for a model city in Niagara Falls turned into a toxic waste nightmare due to Hooker Electrochemical Company's reckless disposal of hazardous waste. Learn about the environmental and health consequences of burying toxic compounds like dioxins and PCBs, and the disturbing events that led to a school being built on this contaminated site.
A man with an unfulfilled vision left a huge gash in the ground near Niagara Falls. Then a chemical company came along and filled it with toxic waste. Then people came along and built homes and an elementary school on top of it. Then things went badly.
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