Toms River, NJ: How Small Town Fought Back Against Corporate Giants/ Toxic Dumping Linked to Cancer

[KoKo]

(I lived in NJ in that time frame...and Tom's River was a Growth Community where many Big Pharma/IBM Employees lived ..and at that time Tom's River was Pristine NJ for Boating and Living the Good Life Style.. Meanwhile this HORRENDOUS STUFF was going on...maybe other DU'ers from New Jersey remember that time when NJ was a Good ...Family Friendly Place to Live if you were hired by one of the "Growing Corporations" our generation was employed by to have income to raise our families.) UGH! It's an informative interview..and heartbreaking...but good for those who worked for YEARS to BLOW THE WHISTLE:

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Published on Apr 23, 2014
http://www.democracynow.org - Environmental reporter Dan Fagin joins us to discuss his book, "Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation," which has just won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Fagin tells the story of how a small New Jersey town fought back against industrial pollution and astronomical rates of childhood cancer, and ultimately won one of the largest legal settlements in U.S. history. "We don't look for patterns, we don't analyze those patterns. That is a terrible tragedy," Fagins says of the failure to examine environmental and industrial data gathered by local, state and federal agencies. "People are dying because we do not do effective public health surveillance in this country."

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[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. It's hard for me to watch things like these because it makes me want to deck some rich a-h

But I'm going to watch it, and I thank you for putting this out there.