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What if you found 22,000 tons of toxic waste in your own backyard?

Season 36 Episode 4 | 3m 57s

What would you do if you discovered that your home was built on top of a former chemical waste dump? This hypothetical became reality for the families of Love Canal, New York in the late 1970s.

Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by and . Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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