Dan fagin born february 1, 1963 is an american journalist who specializes in environmental science. By 1995, everyone who worked on the oncology ward at childrens hospital knew about toms river. And because only governments have unimpeded access to cancer registry information due to privacy concerns, if public agencies do not investigate clusters, then no one will. A cibaowned chemical plant came to the coastal town of toms river, new jersey, in 1952 to make dyes through processes that used and discharged enormous. Jun 19, 2014 environmental journalist dan fagin, an associate professor and director of the science, health and environmental reporting program at new york universitys arthur l. Dan fagin won the general nonfiction award, issued a by 19member pulitzer board administered by columbia university. Environmental journalist dan fagin, an associate professor and director of the science, health and environmental reporting program at new york universitys arthur l. It chronicles the pollution of a growing new jersey town and the cancer cases that sprang up throughout it. Despite this books emotionally neutral title, toms river is at bottom a horror story of unregulated capitalism. A story of science and salvation, i saw a tv replay of the movie, a civil action, starring jon travolta. Twitter facebook email a book that deftly combines investigative reporting and historical research to probe a new jersey seashore towns cluster of childhood cancers linked to water and air pollution.
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By the spring of 1995, when steve jones called to ask him to look into a possible. It all begins in the town of toms river, new jersey, when the swissowned corporation cibageigy begins polluting the local water supply in the 1950s and 1960s with. Elizabeth kolbert, author of field notes from a catastrophe more from the same. Mar 19, 20 former newsday reporter fagin journalismnew york univ coauthor. The new york timesthe riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, toms river melds hardhitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping. It is about the dumping of industrial pollution by chemical companies including cibageigy, in toms river, new jersey, beginning in 1952 through the 1980s, and the epidemiological investigations of a cancer cluster that subsequently emerged there. It was published by bantam and has a total of 560 pages in the book.
In an astonishing feat of investigative reporting, prizewinning journalist dan fagin recounts the sixtyyear saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made toms river a cautionary example for fastgrowing industrial towns from south jersey to south china. Dan fagin has combined deep reporting with masterful storytelling to recount an extraordinary battle over cancer and. Dan fagin has written a powerful and important book. Toms river a story of science and salvation dan fagin. From diseases and disasters to the miracles wrought by evolution, the environmental forces that shape our lives are the inspiration for countless science writers. It won the 2014 pulitzer prize and was a winner of the new york public librarys helen bernstein book award.
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This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on toms river by dan fagin. We began to notice that we were getting a lot of kids from the toms river area in 1993 and 1994, boornazian recalled. The author teaches the reader a history of epidemiology alongside the events that took place in town. Pulitzer prize awarded to author of book about chemical dumping in toms river. Courtesy of i am writing regarding the good news reported in the june 6 article danny devito options film rights for toms river cancer. Dan fagins toms river is an epic 500page saga that is almost unbelievable in its scale and scope.
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