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1、LoveCanalorHateCanal?OneofAmerica'slargestnaturaldisasters.Superfund,thehazardousmaterialcleanupgroup,doesnotseemtoworkwell.AndPeoplecansavesomuchmoneybynotcleaningupanareathatcausesseriousmutationsjustbydrinkingthewater.ThenewssiteChemicalandEngineeringNewshasanarticleonitfromNovember
2、17th,2008ontheatrocitiescommittedatLoveCanal.LoveCanalwasaneighborhoodinNewYorkStatewhereacompanyoriginallynamedHookerChemicaldumpedthousandsoftonsofhazardouschemicalsintothewaterandunderground.Thechemicalsthatwereburiedundergroundeventuallystartedcausingbirthdefectslikeonechildwasborn
3、mentallyretarded,deaf,andhadteethproblems.Thecompanythatdumpedalloftheirwastearoundandinsideofthistowndidn’tdisposeproperlyofit.Theythoughtthatputtingitintothisoneareaundergroundthatwassurroundedbyimpermeableclaywouldkeepitsecureandsafe,buttheirplan(iftheyactuallyhadone)failed.Thepeopl
4、eweresounawareofthisthattheyevenbuildaschoolrightontopoftheburialsite.Inthearticleitsaidthatkidsusedtoseebubblesformingfromthedirtandwouldthrowrocksatittotryandpopit.Superfundtriedtocleanitup,buteventuallydeclaredthetownuninhabitable.Peoplecouldstilllivethereiftheywantedto,butnomorenew
5、housescouldbebuilt.Thepeoplethatlivedtherewhiletheywereunawareoftheproblemhadnoideathatthechemicalswereseepingintotheirbasements.Onewomansaidshewouldjustholdherbreathsoshecouldgodolaundryandthekidswerenotallowedinthebasement.PeoplecanstillgotolivetherenowlikeoneguynamedGeorgeKrebutzmov
6、edintotheareawiththehighestcontaminationlevels.NoonetoldhimaboutitandhedidnotknowuntilheGoogled“LoveCanal”.Hopefullyhehasgottenoutofthattownbynow..-1-
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