Word: sump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Inside nearby houses, thick, gummy substances began oozing through cellar walls and clogging sump pumps. Some houses were pervaded by strange smells that occupants said gave them headaches. Most puzzling, the incidence of serious illness, including cancer, was much higher in this neighborhood than in other areas of Niagara Falls. Miscarriages seemed to occur frequently; and so many children were born with birth defects that street signs were posted warning motorists of deaf youngsters. Two of Alice Kline's children are troubled; one is hyperactive, another developed an ulcer-like stomach condition at age seven. In an interview with...