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Toms River (book)

Toms River (book)

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 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]

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
AuthorDan Fagin
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEnvironmental issues in the United States, environmental science, oncology
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherBantam
Publication date
March, 2013
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages560
ISBN978-0-553-80653-3
Dewey Decimal
363.7209749/48
LC Class2012-017030

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

[1]
Citation Linkwww.nytimes.comAbigail Zuger (March 18, 2013). "On the Trail of Cancer". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
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[2]
Citation Linkwww.newyorker.comAlexander Nazaryan (May 24, 2013). "A Town Plagued by Water". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
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Citation Linkwww.pulitzer.org"The Pulitzer Prizes: General Nonfiction". Pulitzer.org. April 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
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Citation Linkwww.nypl.org"Past Winners of The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism". New York Public Library. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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Citation Linkwww.keckfutures.org"National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - - Communication Awards".
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Citation Linkthedianerehmshow.orgThe Diane Rehm Show
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Citation Linkwww.nytimes.com"On the Trail of Cancer"
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Citation Linkwww.newyorker.com"A Town Plagued by Water"
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Citation Linkwww.pulitzer.org"The Pulitzer Prizes: General Nonfiction"
Sep 28, 2019, 10:35 PM
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Citation Linkwww.nypl.org"Past Winners of The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism"
Sep 28, 2019, 10:35 PM
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Citation Linkwww.keckfutures.org"National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - - Communication Awards"
Sep 28, 2019, 10:35 PM
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Citation Linkthedianerehmshow.orgThe Diane Rehm Show
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