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Alice Mah 27.04.2016 A recent spate of serious illnesses at a Chinese school located near a toxic waste dump echoes the US Love Canal disaster of the 1970s. Alice Mah examines its legacy Workers in 'Hazmat' suits at a US Superfund site. The US govt introduced the Superfund as a direct response to the Love Canal disaster in New York State, an event that resonates strongly in China in the wake of similar incidents (Image by w :en ) Dubbed “ China’s Love Canal ”, the toxic scandal of Changzhou Foreign Languages School in east China’s Jiangsu Province hit media headlines earlier this month. Hundreds of students became sick after attending the school, which had been relocated in 2015 to a toxic waste dump used by former chemical factories. The Changzhou case has generated public outcry . Soil and groundwater tests around the school revealed extremely hazardous toxic substances, according to a report by China Central Television. Parents