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Lesson Plan: The Love Canal Disaster – Teaching With Primary Sources (Scaffolded Writing Resources)
Grades 7-10
In 1978, toxic chemicals leaking from a buried landfill in Love Canal, N.Y., forced evacuations, drew national attention and became a defining environmental disaster. The crisis transformed a neighborhood near Niagara Falls, and raised questions about corporate responsibility, government oversight and public health that still resonate today.
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