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Epa: The Love Canal Tragedy PrimaryEpa: The Love Canal Tragedy Primary
Publisher
US Environmental Protection Agency
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Primary Sources
Audiences
For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1160L
Primary

Epa: The Love Canal Tragedy

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An assessment of the horrific tragedy of the chemical pollution whcih seeped into the town of Love Canal. Written by an EPA administrator just months after carcinogenic materials began leaching into yards and the public school built over the dump site, this article gives an almost contemporaneous look at the disaster.

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Concepts

benzene, birth defects

Additional Tags

environmental disasters, industrial chemical dumpsite, epa, environmental protection agency, hooker chemical company, love canal, president carter, resource conservation and recovery act

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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