A.

Definition of Environmen tal

Pollution or Peonvl liurot niomnental pollution

is the introduction of a living creature, energy
substances, and or other components into
neighborhood or changing the order of the
environment by human activities or natural processes
so that the quality of the environment down to a
certain level which causes the environment to be
less or can not work anymore according to its
purpose (Principles of Environmental Management
Act No. 4 of 1982).
B. The f orm a ti o n h istory of L o v e C a n a l

•William T. Love (1844-

1889) was an
entrepreneur
•William T. Love thrusts
proposal along the 7-mile
canal to the government of
the City of Niagara Falls
which will connect the
Niagara River to Lake
Ontario
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CANAL
C. H i s to ry of E n v i ro n m en ta l Pollution in Love
C an a l

In the 1940s, Hooker Electrochemical

Company (later known as the Hooker
Chemical Company) was founded by Elon
Hooker, a subsidiary of Occidental
Petroleum, expanded the use of the site,
and in1947 purchased the land for its
own private use
In the subsequent five-year period, the
cInom1p9a5n3y
thbeurmiedun2ic1i,p8a0li0tytoansks eodf
Htooxoikcerwaste
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Early 1970s reportedly often come

complaints from people who live in that
area of the odors that bother and the
emergence of molten material to the
surface of their pages, including in the
school yard pInlaythgeroluanted.1970s it
snowed relentlessly causing the remnants of
these chemicals have devastating exit from
the
Continued ...

Until 1978, the location on the former Love

Canal and surrounding areas more dense and
seemed to be forgotten. And has many built
p riv a te ho u s e s
In A p ril 1 9 7 8 ,
a p a r t m e nt s a n d s ch o o l s.
r e s i d e n ts b e g a n to f r e t with
Terbitkannya back at the article "Niagara
Gazette" that discusses the landfill at
S
Love Cianncael. that time, the
Dated August
August2, 2,1978, the Ministry
1978,the of of
Ministry Health
declared the statethe
Health declared of state
New York
of NewLoveYork
Canal
issue as health
Love Canal issueemergency
as healthfor the state of
emergency forNew
the
On August
state 7,of 1978,
New President Jimmy Carter
York
YorkOn August7, 1978, PresidentJimmy
declared Love Canal neighborhood as a
Carter
national disaster and will soon disburse the
declared Love Canal neighborhood as
funds. Then the US Environmental Protection a
national disaster and will soon disburse
Agency (EPA) never wanted to change the the
funds. Then the US Environmental
D. I m p a c t o n he a lth a n d
env i ro nm e n t
D . I m p a c t o n health
a n d e nv i ro nm en t

II. Environment
❑ Repair and healing
began
(remedial)
designed

E . G o v e r n m e n t Efforts
❑ To fence around the land
and
p r id e ve n ti l a t io
❑ bS atops ecmome nt p le t e l y u
n Prevent
❑ i len a tchhethein possibility
g of
nleaching
c on t r in
contaminated. olled
the future and
closing the channel
CURRENT CONDITION OF
L O VE C A N A L
 L o v e C a n a l Timeline
1942 -- Hooker Chemical Company
begins dumping of chemical wastes at
Love Canal
1952 -- City of Niagara Falls disposes
of municipal wastes at the site
1953 -- Hooker Corporation fills the
canal and sells the land to Niagara
Falls Board of Education
1955 -- Elementary school (99th Street) opens
1959 -- Chemical seepage into basement is
reported
1974 -- Surface of dump begins to collapse
1978 -- New York legislature authorizes
health studies
Love Canal Homeowners
Association (LCHA) is formed
President Carter declares a "state
of emergency" and approves emergency
financial aid
1979 -- USEPA contracts for a pilot
studyof chromosomal damage
Love Canal Inter-
Agency Task Force
is
dissolved
1981 -- Federal government closes its
on-site office in Niagara Falls
1983 -- Former residents and Occidental
settle lawsuits
1984 -- New clay cap is installed over canal
1985 -- Some former residents receive
compensation from settled lawsuits
1987 -- USEPA decides to burn soil
contaminated with dioxin
1988 -- Occidental Petroleum Company is
found liable for cleanup costs
1989 -- Consent agreement is reached between
By-
Pramesh Anuragi
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