The Love Canal was supposed to be a suburban idyll. Instead, it became a dumping ground for one company’s chemical waste. After the land changed hands in the 1950s, a school and 900 homes were built atop the toxic landfill. Decades later, residents are still battling deteriorating health and government negligence. From Conspiracy Theories, this four-part series covers four times corporations and officials knew their actions could cause harm, and forged ahead anyway.
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