And yes, another NY catchup would I haven't read it yet, but it's author is a good pal of mine from years back in the environmental journalism field. Find other related book of "Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation" in the bottom area.This book was really good but there was so much information! I was riveted from the first page until the end, and it would recommend it to everyone. This was a truly incredible book.Pulitzer Prize Nonfiction - 2014. I'm glad I read it and am shocked by what happened in my hometown, but honestly, it was a struggle to reach the end.Dense, horrifying, and very thought-provoking. His new book, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. When my family originally moved to New Jersey in 1984, we lived not too far from where the first break in the Ciba-Giegy pipeline occurred.

I've also been compelled to tell everyone I'm in contact with about it.When I received this book I was not in the mood to read about chemical companies' complete disregard for anything but profits or pollution or cancer. The message is important. condensed version:I wrote my review, reflecting my intense response to this book. The story Fagin tells is the background story of my high school and college years. My only reason for not giving the book 5 stars is that the sections detailing the statistical analyses of all of the testing are long and still nearly indecipherable to me (math was never my strong suit). The book ends with the conclusion of a legal settlement between the Ocean of Love families and Ciba-Geigy, Toms River Water, and Union Carbide.



The early parts of the book are full of town history and memorable characters. In addition, there is a lot of fascinating background information about coal taA book about "corporate avarice and government neglect"--doesn't that sound familiar?

The middle chapters read like a thriller, keeping us wondering if the truth will come out and the bad guys get punished. Even nonfiction can hold the stuff of nightmares. It has been described as “a new classic of science reporting” (The New York Times), “a gripping environmental thriller” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), “a crisp, hard-nosed probe into corporate arrogance and the power of public resistance” (Publishers Weekly), “required environmental reading” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), and "an absorbing and thoughtful navigation of our era of synthetic chemicals" (USA Today).“A simple pecking order has always characterized mankind's relationship to waste: The wealthy throw out what they do not want, the poor scavenge what they can, and whatever remains is left to rot.”“Relatively few people in town were paying close attention to the issue; a much bigger controversy in the local papers during that long, hot summer was whether flying the United Nations flag at town hall was a gesture of international cooperation or “evidence of communist conspiracy,” as one newspaper article put it.16” While I was not a fan of the pacing, the way in which the story kept moving back in time to discuss different topics such as dying methods, diagnosis methodology, and the like, I could not help getting caught up in his research. by Bantam I managed to lose it. In the small town of Toms River, kids born with cancer are just too many to chalk up as bad luck it seems. The book doesn't say, but Bill McVeigh, the Toms River High School East history teacher who lived on Cardinal Drive (which backed up to Ciba-Giegy’s property) also died prematurely from cancer a few years ago, at far too young an age.
Of course, a river can only take so much before people start to notice... and complain!The problem for manufacturing companies, and especially chemical manufacturers, is what to do with the waste products. Anyone from Toms River, anyone with an interest in environmentalism, and anyone who just wants to be educated enough to keep their own neighborhoods free from this type of disastrous pollution would do well to read this book.Who knew a book about toxic waste dumping could be such a fascinating read?Who knew a book about toxic waste dumping could be such a fascinating read?This book was really good but there was so much information!

[really solidifies me in my belief that companies will [description of the medical study, it could be a little dry at times, which can happen with pure nonfiction. March 19th 2013 055380653X Due to the lackadaisical approach taken by both Ciba-Geigy and Union Carbide with regards to their industrial waste disposal, Toms River is bombarded by toxic chemicals that endanger its residDense, horrifying, and very thought-provoking.

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