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Take Two

Tom's River: An all too-familiar story of industrial pollution with a twist

By Take Two Staff
Published May 6, 2013

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Tom's River: An all too-familiar story of industrial pollution with a twist

Corporation X pollutes Town Y.

Townspeople get sick.

But the story of Tom's River, NJ is a little different. The people living along the river, did some sleuthing and connected the dots between the polluter and the illnesses.

Environmental journalist Dan Fagin has written about this in a new book. It's called Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation.