After 35 years, a new generation of Love Canal residents claims illnesses from buried chemicals
Current residents of the redeveloped Love Canal neighborhood say that capping, an impermeable layer and clean topsoil failed to protect their families from toxic exposure and resulting catastrophic illnesses, prompting a new lawsuit against Occidental Chemical, its remediation contractors, the City of Niagara Falls, and the Niagara Falls Water Board:
http://www.lovecanaltoxicexposure.com/files/WPost-AP_11-3-13.pdf
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