The Resource Toms River : a story of science and salvation, Dan Fagin
Toms River : a story of science and salvation, Dan Fagin
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- Summary
- Recounts the decades-long saga of the New Jersey seaside town plagued by childhood cancers caused by air and water pollution due to the indiscriminate dumping of toxic chemicals. 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 legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution. 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 river. Here the author, a journalist, recounts the sixty-year saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made Toms River a cautionary example for fast-growing industrial towns from South Jersey to South China. He tells the stories of the pioneering scientists and physicians who first identified pollutants as a cause of cancer, and brings to life the everyday heroes in Toms River who struggled for justice: a young boy whose cherubic smile belied the tumors that had decimated his body from birth; a nurse who fought to bring the alarming incidence of childhood cancers to the attention of authorities who didn't want to listen; and a mother whose love for her stricken child transformed her into a tenacious advocate for change. A gripping human drama rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, it is a tale of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave individuals who refused to keep silent until the truth was exposed
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 538 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue: Marking time
- Part I. The Ice Cream Factory. Pirates ; Insensible things ; First fingerprints ; Secrets ; Sharkey and Columbo at the Rustic Acres ; Cells ; On Cardinal Drive
- Part II. Breach. Water and salt ; Hippies in the kitchen ; The coloring contest ; Cases ; Acceptable risks ; Friends and neighbors
- Part III. Counting. Two wards, two hits ; Cluster busting ; Moving on ; Invisible trauma ; A cork in the ocean ; Expectations
- Part IV. Causes. Outsiders ; Surrogacy ; Blood work ; Associations ; Legacies
- Isbn
- 9780553806533
- Label
- Toms River : a story of science and salvation
- Title
- Toms River
- Title remainder
- a story of science and salvation
- Statement of responsibility
- Dan Fagin
- Title variation
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- Story of science and salvation
- Toms River
- Title variation remainder
- a small town, a cancer cluster, and the epic quest to expose pollutions hidden consequences
- Subject
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- Cancer -- Environmental aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- Cancer -- Toms River Region
- Cancer in children -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
- trueCarcinogens
- Case studies
- Chemical industry -- Corrupt practices
- Chemical industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States
- trueChemical industry and trade -- Environmental aspects
- trueCorporate cover-ups
- Drinking water -- Contamination | Health aspects
- Drinking water -- Contamination | Health aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- trueDrinking water and cancer
- trueDye industry and trade
- Ecology
- Factory and trade waste -- Health aspects
- Factory and trade waste -- Health aspects -- Case studies
- Factory and trade waste -- Health aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- Groundwater -- Pollution | Health aspects
- Groundwater -- Pollution | Health aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- History
- trueIllegal hazardous waste disposal
- trueInvestigative journalism
- trueNew Jersey
- New Jersey -- Toms River
- New Jersey -- Toms River Watershed
- truePollution -- Health hazards
- Toms River (N.J.) -- Environmental conditions | History
- Toms River Watershed (N.J.) -- Environmental conditions
- trueToms River, New Jersey -- Environmental conditions
- United States
- trueWater -- Pollution
- Water quality
- Water quality -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- trueBusiness -- Corrupt practices
- trueCancer
- Cancer -- Environmental aspects
- Cancer -- Environmental aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recounts the decades-long saga of the New Jersey seaside town plagued by childhood cancers caused by air and water pollution due to the indiscriminate dumping of toxic chemicals. 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 legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution. 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 river. Here the author, a journalist, recounts the sixty-year saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made Toms River a cautionary example for fast-growing industrial towns from South Jersey to South China. He tells the stories of the pioneering scientists and physicians who first identified pollutants as a cause of cancer, and brings to life the everyday heroes in Toms River who struggled for justice: a young boy whose cherubic smile belied the tumors that had decimated his body from birth; a nurse who fought to bring the alarming incidence of childhood cancers to the attention of authorities who didn't want to listen; and a mother whose love for her stricken child transformed her into a tenacious advocate for change. A gripping human drama rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, it is a tale of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave individuals who refused to keep silent until the truth was exposed
- Award
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- National Academies Communication Award, 2014.
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 2014.
- Awards note
- Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, 2014
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10171426
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fagin, Dan
- Dewey number
- 363.7209749/48
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA592.N5
- LC item number
- F34 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2013 E-305
- WA 689
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Drinking water
- Factory and trade waste
- Factory and trade waste
- Cancer
- Cancer
- Cancer in children
- Groundwater
- Water quality
- Chemical industry
- Toms River Watershed (N.J.)
- Toms River (N.J.)
- Cancer
- Cancer
- Chemical industry
- Drinking water
- Ecology
- Factory and trade waste
- Groundwater
- Water quality
- New Jersey
- New Jersey
- United States
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a small town, a cancer cluster, and the epic quest to expose pollution's hidden consequences
- Label
- Toms River : a story of science and salvation, Dan Fagin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Marking time -- Part I. The Ice Cream Factory. Pirates ; Insensible things ; First fingerprints ; Secrets ; Sharkey and Columbo at the Rustic Acres ; Cells ; On Cardinal Drive -- Part II. Breach. Water and salt ; Hippies in the kitchen ; The coloring contest ; Cases ; Acceptable risks ; Friends and neighbors -- Part III. Counting. Two wards, two hits ; Cluster busting ; Moving on ; Invisible trauma ; A cork in the ocean ; Expectations -- Part IV. Causes. Outsiders ; Surrogacy ; Blood work ; Associations ; Legacies
- Control code
- ocn794973718
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xv, 538 pages
- Isbn
- 9780553806533
- Lccn
- 2012017030
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)794973718
- (Sirsi) a470290
- Label
- Toms River : a story of science and salvation, Dan Fagin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Marking time -- Part I. The Ice Cream Factory. Pirates ; Insensible things ; First fingerprints ; Secrets ; Sharkey and Columbo at the Rustic Acres ; Cells ; On Cardinal Drive -- Part II. Breach. Water and salt ; Hippies in the kitchen ; The coloring contest ; Cases ; Acceptable risks ; Friends and neighbors -- Part III. Counting. Two wards, two hits ; Cluster busting ; Moving on ; Invisible trauma ; A cork in the ocean ; Expectations -- Part IV. Causes. Outsiders ; Surrogacy ; Blood work ; Associations ; Legacies
- Control code
- ocn794973718
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xv, 538 pages
- Isbn
- 9780553806533
- Lccn
- 2012017030
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)794973718
- (Sirsi) a470290
Subject
- Cancer -- Environmental aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- Cancer -- Toms River Region
- Cancer in children -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
- trueCarcinogens
- Case studies
- Chemical industry -- Corrupt practices
- Chemical industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States
- trueChemical industry and trade -- Environmental aspects
- trueCorporate cover-ups
- Drinking water -- Contamination | Health aspects
- Drinking water -- Contamination | Health aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- trueDrinking water and cancer
- trueDye industry and trade
- Ecology
- Factory and trade waste -- Health aspects
- Factory and trade waste -- Health aspects -- Case studies
- Factory and trade waste -- Health aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- Groundwater -- Pollution | Health aspects
- Groundwater -- Pollution | Health aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- History
- trueIllegal hazardous waste disposal
- trueInvestigative journalism
- trueNew Jersey
- New Jersey -- Toms River
- New Jersey -- Toms River Watershed
- truePollution -- Health hazards
- Toms River (N.J.) -- Environmental conditions | History
- Toms River Watershed (N.J.) -- Environmental conditions
- trueToms River, New Jersey -- Environmental conditions
- United States
- trueWater -- Pollution
- Water quality
- Water quality -- New Jersey | Toms River Watershed
- trueBusiness -- Corrupt practices
- trueCancer
- Cancer -- Environmental aspects
- Cancer -- Environmental aspects -- New Jersey | Toms River
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