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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Devito film on toms river cancer cluster to pay homage to. The new york timesthe riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, toms river melds. 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. 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. Winner of the new york public librarys helen bernstein book award a new classic of science reporting. Books dan fagin science and environmental journalist. A pulitzer prizewinning journalist who writes frequently about environmental science, dan fagin is also a science journalism professor at new york university. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Arrogance by these companies and by the government is what got us into all this in the first place.