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u/cojoco ยท 4 pointsr/Foodforthought

This isn't really a very good example.

In the book, "The Poison Paradox", the author points out that the huge toxicity of dioxin is a belief founded upon the effects of dioxin in animals.

Although it is a really nasty chemical, there hasn't really been much evidence of it being highly toxic in humans, other than the symptoms such as chloracne.

So, as a toxic waste story, Love Canal is a bit of a fizzer.

There are much better ones around, such as Erin Brockovich's Hexavalent Chromium