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... > contexts > demography > residence characteristics > housing > health (housing) > environmental contamination: toxic waste
... > contexts > population characteristics > demography > residence characteristics > housing > health (housing) > environmental contamination: toxic waste
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiologic measurements > demography > residence characteristics > housing > health (housing) > environmental contamination: toxic waste

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environmental contamination: toxic waste  

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  • There have been several examples of “contaminated communities” in the United States. In the late 1970s, residents near Niagara Falls, New York, were confronted by the discovery of contaminants buried by Hooker Chemical in the “Love Canal” neighborhood. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Housing; Environmental Contamination: Toxic Waste]

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