Niagara County
Love Canal 1949
This historical Grand Island Topographic Map from 1949 shows the canal as still having water in it.
Love Canal Redux? A Toxic Heritage in Nassau
Niagara River and Lewiston Bridge
Door
Residents say Love Canal chemicals continue to make them sick
Forty years ago this week, President Jimmy Carter declared Love Canal a national health emergency when the small community near Niagara Falls, New York, learned that their homes and school were built on 22,000 tons of chemicals. Today, many residents in the area, which was deemed safe by authorities, claim to be facing health problems. Megan Thompson reports.