Pilot Chemical Company | LinkedIn

Dixie Chemical Co. | LinkedIn

In the 1940s, a company called Hooker Chemical dumped 21,000 tons of toxic waste into an unfinished canal in Niagara Falls, New York. Decades later, that land was sold to the city for one dollar — and turned into a neighborhood. Houses. Schools. Playgrounds. No one told the families what lay beneath their feet. Before long, residents began noticing chemical smells, burn marks on their lawns, and children coming home with mysterious rashes. Miscarriages and birth defects started to rise. When res

The City Built on a Toxic Dump - Love Canal Documentary