How Toms River cracked a cancer cluster
Chemical companies treated this N.J. town as a private dumping ground for decades. Here's how they were made to pay
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 12:00 AM UTCTechnology Books, Toms River, Environment
Dan Fagin
Technology Books, Toms River, Environment
Dan Fagin is an associate professor of journalism and the director of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. For 15 years, he was the environmental writer at Newsday, where he was twice a principal member of reporting teams that were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
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