A buried chemical dump beneath a working-class neighborhood became one of the most consequential environmental disasters in American history, and a new episode of the AquaDiary Podcast explores how it reshaped federal environmental policy for decades to come. Host Ally Berry examines the science behind the contamination at Love Canal, the institutional failures that allowed it to happen, and the grassroots fight led by Lois Gibbs, whose organizing efforts ultimately helped create the federal Superfund program. The episode also breaks down the groundwater chemistry and public health concerns that turned a Niagara Falls neighborhood into a national symbol of environmental negligence and community activism.
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