Tag: Love Canal

A family and the Center for Health, Environment & Justice will hold a 9 a.m. news conference Oct. 28 at the Love Canal gates to demand resident protections and temporary relocation after industrial-looking fill was found at a nearby Niagara Falls property, organizers said.

Three generations of Love Canal residents and allied groups filed a formal petition asking New York State DEC and DOH to relocate a family living near the Love Canal Superfund site and to launch a full remedial investigation of the Emergency Declaration Areas after recent testing found contamination.

Local residents and environmental groups will release a petition Oct. 2 in Niagara Falls asking state agencies to re-open review of Love Canal Emergency Declaration Areas and to relocate the McKiernan family, organizers say.

A Niagara Falls family near Love Canal says state officials denied relocation after industrial waste was exposed on their property and lab results allegedly showed lead, hexavalent chromium and DDT-related compounds. The family says the DEC plans further excavation while the household remains in place and some care providers refuse to enter.