Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: D -The 1970s ecological disaster in Love Canal was caused by an industrial waste landfill that contaminated the groundwater. Over a period of time that ended in 1953, Hooker Chemical buried 21,000 tons of toxic waste on a plot of land that became the Love Canal neighborhood, which was built in the mid- to late ‘50s. Throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, evidence of severe contamination mounted: puddles of discolored water seeped up from the ground in yards and basements. By the mid-‘70s, the residents were experiencing unusually high rates of cancer and birth defects.