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| Author | Dan Fagin |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Environmental issues in the United States, environmental science, oncology |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Bantam |
Publication date | March 2013 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 560 |
| ISBN | 978-0-553-80653-3 |
| 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]
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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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