loaded up with toxic substances in New York State known as

"爱之运河"之前被用于运输有毒物质
Love Canal, had turned into a school site.

后来在此处却建立了一所学校
The corporation had basically abandoned the facility

公司荒置了这些设备
and it was turned over to the community, which built a school.

运河移交给了社区社区建了一所学校
And gradually, this seeping, oozing

这些不断渗入泄露的
toxic soup started bubbling to the surface of the playground

有毒物质开始逐渐充满操场的地表
and people's backyards and into their basements.

以及人们的后院和他们的地下室
That prompted the passage of

这加速了二十世纪八十年代《超级基金
the Superfund law back in the 1980s.

法》的出台
So in many respects, law follows public recognition

因此在全方位看来法律紧跟着
of significant threat

公众意识到重大威胁而来
that is a surprise in a sense.

这在一定程度上是一个惊喜