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The Love Canal tragedy began when an industrial canal created to generate cheap power was abandoned and used as a dumpsite for toxic chemicals in the 1920s. In the 1950s, over 21,000 tons of chemicals were buried there and the land was sold for housing development. In the late 1970s, the buried chemicals began leaching up through the soil and into nearby homes and schools, causing health issues for residents including birth defects and high rates of cancer and leukemia. Over 200 families were evacuated and

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Long

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