Toxic-Waste

Superfund Law Passes But Industry Successfully Builds In Weaknesses and Delays

1980-12-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On December 11, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund. While the law represented a landmark response to Love Canal and thousands of toxic waste sites nationwide, industry lobbying had …

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Love Canal Disaster Exposes Decades of Corporate Toxic Dumping Cover-Up

1978-08-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On August 7, 1978, President Jimmy Carter declared a federal health emergency at Love Canal, a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York built atop a toxic waste dump. The disaster exposed how Hooker Chemical Company had knowingly sold contaminated land for housing development while concealing the …

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