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Page 1: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

By: Kate & Michael G.

Page 2: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Page 3: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Creeks and bodies of water were turning different colours like

orange, black, and sickly coloured green. They like were

cesspools.

Page 4: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Plant life was turning black and dying all over the place.

Page 5: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Almost 300 animals died of diseases.

Page 6: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

The contaminated air made peoples’ eyes and noses burn. The air also had choking,

faint, odors.

Page 7: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Babies were born with many birth defects including deafness, autism, blindness, three ears, and an extra row of teeth.

Page 8: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Pregnant women and children under the age of two had to be evacuated.

Page 9: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Chemicals leached into sewers.

Page 10: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Thousands of residents of the Love Canal wrote letters with complaints of illnesses

and/or other effects.

Page 11: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

They built a drain and chemical collection system to clean up all of the chemicals.

Page 12: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

They built large pipes that carried all the dirty water to the sewers.

Page 13: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Eventually, new laws were made to determine

where toxic chemicals should be disposed.

Page 14: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

They took out all the dioxin and chemical

contained water.

Page 15: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Hooker Chemical Hooker Chemical Company and Company and Plastics Corporation Plastics Corporation were guilty for the were guilty for the Love Canal tragedy.Love Canal tragedy.

Page 16: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Hooker Chemical Company got sued for over $200,000,000.

Page 17: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

Do you want this to happen again?

Page 18: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

DO NOT work with toxic chemicals carelessly.

Page 19: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

When you work with chemicals that are toxic, or safe, make sure you clean up after yourself.

Page 20: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

If you see something bad happening to our environment, tell an adult or contact someone who can help.

Page 21: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN

USING CHEMICALS!

Page 22: By: Kate & Michael G.. Hooker chemical company and Plastics Corporation dumped 22,000 tons of toxic chemicals into the abandoned project, The Love Canal.

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