Niagara River, New York

Driscoll MS, Hassett JP, Fish CL, et al. 1991. Extraction efficiencies of organochlorine compounds from Niagara River (New York, USA) water. Environ Sci Technol 25(8) 1432-1439. 

The Love Canal, a neighborhood in the southeast LaSalle district of the city of Niagara Falls, New York, takes its name from the failed plan of 19th-century entrepreneur, William T. Love. From 1942 through 1953, the Love Canal Landfill was used principally by Hooker Chemical, one of the many chemical plants located along the Niagara River, as a municipal and chemical disposal site. Nearly 21,000 tons (42 million pounds) of what would later be identified by independent scientists as toxic chemicals were dumped at the site. 

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The Niagara River has been a focus since 1987 as a major source of environmental contaminants. Both the U.S. and Canadian environmental agencies have made rigorous efforts to reduce pollution of toxic substances. Further, the EPA and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation identified 26 U.S. hazardous sites. The Niagara River Toxic Management Plan (NRTMP) has named several toxic chemicals, 10 of which are considered of major concern (Table 1-1). 

Niagara River Toxics Conunittee (NRTC) (1984) Report of the Niagara River Toxics Committee. Burlington, Ontario and Albany, New York, 378 pp. 

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