Nytimes iconNytimesOct 22, 2026

The Little Girl With the Radioactive Backyard

A young family thought they had escaped the toxic legacy of Love Canal with a dream house near a creek in the suburbs. Then the men in the hazmat suits showed up.

The Little Girl With the Radioactive Backyard

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