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The toxic tale of the Love Canal fail

Spectacular Failures by American Public Media

Aug 24, 202000:39:39Business

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 lat...

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The toxic tale of the Love Canal fail is an episode from Spectacular Failures by American Public Media. When Hooker Chemical sold its infamous toxic waste landfill to the Niagara Falls School Board, the $1 deal left Niagara residents seriou...

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