1.) What caused the toxic waste to begin being pushed to the surface?
The winter and the wet season caused the water to run beneath the canal and push the toxins up. Also when people tried to move teh chemicals, it proved to make it worse.
2.) What are some of the health hazards associated with the chemicals dumped there?
There were a lot cancers and other problems such as liver disease, mutations, central nervous system problem, birth deffects, heart attacks, and epilepsy.
3.) Besides humans how are other parts of the ecosystem affected by this?
When the chemicals rose and created this gooey, black pools it was like tar pits and grasses and and plants couldn't grow there and what flora did grow, animals couldn't eat it, that is if they even lived there. Also, if humans can be mutated, couldn't animals that lived there be mutated, too, and what if they ruined the whole food chains and if another animal eats that contaminated one, then effects similar to DDT occur. It is also easy for animals to become mutated (ex. flies that are subject to smoke can have their genetic make-up changed and mutations can occur, i.e.: wings and different color eyes).
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