The toxic tale of the Love Canal fail

When Hooker Chemical sold its infamous toxic waste landfill to the Niagara Falls School Board, the $1 deal left Niagara residents seriously ill. But few believed the company could truly be at fault...until it was too late. Our sponsors this week: NetSuite: netsuite.com/spectacular Betterhelp: betterhelp.com/spectacular Sign up to receive our brand new newsletter, featuring weekly recommendations from Lauren and the rest of the team at spectacularfailures.org/newsletter . Read the transcript of the episode at spectacularfailures.org . You can follow Spectacular Failures on Twitter at @failureshow and like us at Facebook.com/failureshow. We're @failure_show on Instagram . Follow Lauren Ober on Twitter and Instagram at @oberandout.

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The toxic tale of the Love Canal fail is an episode from Spectacular Failures by American Public Media.

This episode is 00:39:39 long.

This episode was published on Aug 24, 2020.

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