SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands
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The Donora fluoride smog
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Love Canal
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The burning of the Cuyahoga River
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Detailed explanation-1: -Finally, in 1978 President Carter declared a state of emergency at Love Canal, making it the first human-caused environmental problem to be designated that way. The Love Canal incident became a symbol of improperly stored chemical waste.
Detailed explanation-2: -Subsequently, between 1942 and 1953, the Hooker Electrochemical Company (now Occidental Chemical Corporation, or OXY) used the abandoned Love Canal to dispose over 21, 000 tons of hazardous chemicals. The drums leaked and contaminated soil and groundwater.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1976, the Calspan Corporation found toxic chemical residues in the air and sump pumps of many homes at the southern end of the canal. They also found drums just beneath or on the surface, and high levels of PCBs in the storm sewer system.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Love Canal area was originally the site of an abandoned canal that became a dumping ground for nearly 22, 000 tons of chemical waste (including polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxin, and pesticides) produced by the Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corporation in the 1940s and ‘50s.