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Toms River : a story of science and salvation Dan Fagin
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UNJ RA 592 .N5 F34 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fagin, Dan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drinking water--Contamination--Health aspects--Toms River Region.
- Drinking water.
- Cancer--Toms River Region.
- Cancer.
- Groundwater--Pollution--Health aspects--Toms River Region.
- Groundwater.
- Water quality--New Jersey--Toms River Watershed.
- Water quality.
- Toms River Watershed (N.J.)--Environmental conditions.
- Toms River Watershed (N.J.).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 538 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bantam Books, c2013.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Originally subtitled: A small town, a cancer cluster, and the epic quest to expose pollution's hidden consequences.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780553806533 (hbk. : acid-free paper) :
- 055380653X (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- OCLC:
- 831435162
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