Superfund Site

Love Canal

E Of 97th St/w Of 99th St, Niagara Falls, NY 14304
National Priorities List: No
Status: N/A
Love Canal is a superfund site located at E Of 97th St/w Of 99th St, Niagara Falls, NY 14304. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Love Canal because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Love Canal has been deleted from the NPL (National Priorities List) by the EPA and does not require any clean up action or further investigation at this time.

Site Information For Love Canal

Site Contaminants

Site contaminants are chemical substances found at a superfund site that may pose a risk to human health or the environment. The chemical substances Surface Water, Solid Waste, Soil, Sediment and Not Reported were found at Love Canal. These contaminants were present in ZINC, TOLUENE, BENZENE, ARSENIC, 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-p-DIOXIN, 1,2,3-TRICHLOROBENZENE, TRICHLOROPHENOLS, Pesticides, PAHs (POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS), LINDANE, DIOXINS (CHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS), CHLOROBENZENE, BENZOYL CHLORIDE, XYLENES, TOLUENE, Pesticides, PAHs (POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS), MERCURY, LEAD, INDENO(1,2,3-CD)PYRENE, DIOXINS (CHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS), CHRYSENE, CHROMIUM, BENZO[A]PYRENE, BENZO[A]ANTHRACENE, BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE, ARSENIC, ANTIMONY, ZINC, TOLUENE, BENZENE, ARSENIC, 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-p-DIOXIN, 1,2,3-TRICHLOROBENZENE and Not Reported.


Surface Water ZINC, TOLUENE, BENZENE, ARSENIC, 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-p-DIOXIN, 1,2,3-TRICHLOROBENZENE
Solid Waste TRICHLOROPHENOLS, Pesticides, PAHs (POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS), LINDANE, DIOXINS (CHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS), CHLOROBENZENE, BENZOYL CHLORIDE
Soil XYLENES, TOLUENE, Pesticides, PAHs (POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS), MERCURY, LEAD, INDENO(1,2,3-CD)PYRENE, DIOXINS (CHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS), CHRYSENE, CHROMIUM, BENZO[A]PYRENE, BENZO[A]ANTHRACENE, BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE, ARSENIC, ANTIMONY
Sediment ZINC, TOLUENE, BENZENE, ARSENIC, 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-p-DIOXIN, 1,2,3-TRICHLOROBENZENE
Not Reported Not Reported

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