Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
Author	Dan Fagin
Language	English
Subject	Environmental issues in the United States, environmental science, oncology
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Bantam
Publication date	March 2013
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	560
ISBN	978-0-553-80653-3
Dewey Decimal	363.7209749/48
LC Class	2012-017030

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation is a 2013 non-fiction book by the American author Dan Fagin.^[1] It is about the dumping of industrial pollution by chemical companies including Ciba-Geigy, in Toms River, New Jersey, beginning in 1952 through the 1980s,^[2] and the epidemiological investigations of a cancer cluster that subsequently emerged there. The book won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction,^[3] the 2014 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism,^[4] and the 2014 National Academies Communication Award.^[5]

Editions

Dan Fagin (March 19, 2013). Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation. Bantam. ISBN 978-0553806533.
Audiobook narrated by Dan Woren, published by Random House Audio, March 19, 2013
E-book editions

References

^ Abigail Zuger (March 18, 2013). "On the Trail of Cancer". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
^ Alexander Nazaryan (May 24, 2013). "A Town Plagued by Water". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
^ "The Pulitzer Prizes: General Nonfiction". Pulitzer.org. April 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
^ "Past Winners of The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism". New York Public Library. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
^ "National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - - Communication Awards".

External links

The Diane Rehm Show, NPR, April 2013

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[zuger-1] Abigail Zuger (March 18, 2013). "On the Trail of Cancer". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2014.

[2] Alexander Nazaryan (May 24, 2013). "A Town Plagued by Water". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 17, 2014.

[general-non-fiction-3] "The Pulitzer Prizes: General Nonfiction". Pulitzer.org. April 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.

[4] "Past Winners of The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism". New York Public Library. Retrieved February 21, 2017.

[5] "National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - - Communication Awards".

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