What happens when a quiet American neighborhood is secretly built on 20,000 tons of toxic waste? The story of Love Canal is one of the darkest environmental disasters in U.S. history — a suburb poisoned by buried barrels, black sludge, and a chemical company’s deadly cover-up.
In this video, we uncover how a school playground ended up sitting on top of 82 deadly chemicals, how families began reporting bizarre health problems, and how one community’s nightmare forced the U.S. government to finally act.
From rusting barrels bursting through lawns to a shocking public health crisis that changed America forever, this is the scandal that exposed the true cost of corporate greed.
If you thought Wall Street scandals were bad, wait until you see what was happening in the ground beneath ordinary homes.