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Toms River : a story of science and salvation Cover Image Book

Toms River : a story of science and salvation / Dan Fagin.

Fagin, Dan. (Author).

Summary:

Recounts the decades-long saga of the New Jersey seaside town plagued by childhood cancers caused by air and water pollution due to the indiscriminate dumping of toxic chemicals.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553806533
  • ISBN: 055380653X
  • Physical Description: xv, 538 pages : map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Marking time -- The ice cream factory. Pirates ; Insensible things ; First fingerprints ; Secrets ; Sharkey and Columbo at the Rustic Acres ; Cells ; On Cardinal Drive -- Breach. Water and salt ; Hippies in the kitchen ; The coloring contest ; Cases ; Acceptable risks ; Friends and neighbors -- Counting. Two wards, two hits ; Cluster busting ; Moving on ; Invisible trauma ; A cork in the ocean ; Expectations -- Causes. Outsiders ; Surrogacy ; Blood work ; Associations ; Legacies.

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Subject: Drinking water > Contamination > Health aspects > Toms River Region.
Cancer > Toms River Region.
Groundwater > Pollution > Health aspects > Toms River Region.
Water quality > New Jersey > Toms River Watershed.
Toms River Watershed (N.J.) > Environmental conditions.

Available copies

  • 11 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rockingham County Public Library.

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Madison-Mayodan Public Library 363.720974 F (Text) 31554009602219 Adult Nonfiction Available -