Summary:
- Love Canal is a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York.
- It is the site of one of the worst environmental disasters of all time.
- Love Canal highlighted the problem of pollution by hazardous waste.
- Hazardous waste is any waste that is dangerous to the health of people or the environment.
- It may be dangerous because it is toxic, corrosive, flammable, or explosive.
- Look around your home and garage, if you have one.
- Name some materials that are toxic.
- Are any of these examples lurking around you?