Case Study: Toms River

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2015

Dan Fagin won the Pulitzer Prize for his in-depth account of the poisoning of Toms River, New Jersey. Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation (Bantam, 2013) tells the riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, the children who were sickened and the community that fought back. 

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