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

Author/creator Fagin, Dan
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Bantam Books, ©2013.
Descriptionxv, 538 pages : map ; 25 cm
Subjects
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.

Contents Prologue: Marking time -- I. The ice cream factory -- Pirates -- Insensible things -- First fingerprints -- Secrets -- Sharkey and Columbo at the Rustic Acres -- Cells -- On Cardinal Drive -- II. Breach -- Water and salt -- Hippies in the kitchen -- The coloring contest -- Cases -- Acceptable risks -- Friends and neighbors -- III. Counting -- Two wards, two hits -- Cluster busting -- Moving on -- Invisible trauma -- A cork in the ocean -- Expectations -- IV. Causes -- Outsiders -- Surrogacy -- Blood work -- Associations -- Legacies.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Fagin, Dan. Toms River. 1st ed. New York : Bantam Books, c2013 9780345538611
LCCN 2012017030
ISBN9780553806533
ISBN055380653X
ISBN9780345538611 (ebook)
ISBN0345538617 (ebook)
Stock numberRandom House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975