Residents say Love Canal chemicals continue to make them sick

MEGAN THOMPSON:

Sue, Lori Richards and dozens other residents have a separate lawsuit, claiming toxins from the Wheatfield landfill have made them sick.

Their attorneys hired a private firm to conduct soil and dust tests in the area. They say they found toxins "previously found in Love Canal-related sites." Indoors, toxins can get trapped and build up. Tests there found toxin levels 10 to 100 times higher. So far, state officials have declined to test inside residents' homes.

In a statement about its involvement, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said it "took aggressive actions to ensure contamination has not migrated outside the Niagara landfill site."

And in response to the lawsuit, Mike Anderson, the President of Glenn Springs Holdings, pointed to the company's work removing the waste from the landfill and said, "We believe the allegations are meritless."

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