The Love Canal incident became a symbol of improperly stored chemical and toxic waste. It is infamous as the location of a 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) landfill that became the site of an enormous environmental disaster in the 1970s. Decades of dumping toxic chemicals harmed the health of hundreds of residents; the area was cleaned up over the course of 21 years.
Civilians were not able to do anything, so they were killed the same ratio to military that fought the enemy. There was also no rules or laws that they can’t kill civilians
