Occidental Chemical Corporation / Plastics Corporation / Hooker Chemical / Occidental Petroleum Corporation / United States Department of Justice / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Business Partnership / Legal Issues / Person Communication and Meetings / M&A / /
Facility
Love Canal / The Gilder Lehrman Institute / /
IndustryTerm
buried chemicals / landfill site / hazardous toxic-chemical site / chemical wastes / toxic chemicals / chemical residues / harmful chemicals / environmental groups / scientific protocols / chemical waste / /
Movie
State of Emergency / /
NaturalFeature
Niagara River / Niagara Falls / Lake Ontario / /
Organization
United States Environmental Protection Agency / United States Senate / 99th Street Elementary School / Congress / New York Supreme Court / Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History / federal government / Board of Education of Niagara Falls / Love Canal Revitalization Agency / Federal Disaster Assistance Administration / federal government authority / House of Representatives / United States Army / United States Pentagon / Love Canal Homeowners Association / New York State Legislature / US Environmental Protection Agency / New York State Health Department / United States Department of Justice / /
Person
Beverly Paigen / Jimmy Carter / Lois Gibbs / Robert Whalen / Michael H. Brown / /
Position
York State Health Commissioner / President / cancer researcher / Commissioner / reporter / /
Timeline: Love Canal Hazardous Waste Disaster 1892 William T. Love proposed construction of a manmade canal that would ultimately link the Niagara River to Lake Ontario, providing water and hydroelectric power for the mo