(PDF/ePub) Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation Writen By Dan Fagin
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
By : Dan Fagin
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Book Synopsis :
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ??Winner of The New York Public Library?s Helen Bernstein Book Award A new classic of science reporting.??The New York Times The true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and has been hailed by The New York Times as "a new classic of science reporting." Now available in paperback with a new afterword by acclaimed author Dan Fagin, the book masterfully blends hard-hitting investigative journalism, scientific discovery, and unforgettable characters. One of New Jersey?s seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest environmental legal settlements in history. For years, large chemical companies had been using Toms River as their private dumping ground, burying tens of thousands of leaky drums in open pits and discharging billions of gallons of acid-laced wastewater into the town?s namesake
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Author : Dan Fagin
Pages : 576 pages
Publisher : Island Press
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ISBN-10 : 1610915917
ISBN-13 : 9781610915915
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