TOMS RIVER

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Mon, 06/15/2015 - 10:15am to 11:00am
Dan Fagin talks about Toms River, NJ, a town ravaged by sickness tied to chemical pollution.
Chemicals are an integral part of modern life, but sometimes we forget just how dangerous they can be. The story of Toms River, New Jersey, is a poignant reminder of the risks of mixing chemicals and capitalism—a story journalist Dan Fagin unravels in his Pulitzer-Prize–winning Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation. On this episode of Locus Focus Dan joins host Barbara Bernstein to tell the story of a town ravaged by sicknesses tied to chemical pollution.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes frequently about environmental science, Dan Fagin is also a science journalism professor at New York University. His book, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation,was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer for General Nonfiction, along with numerous other awards. Dan’s recent writing has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, Nature and Slate. His new book project is about monarch butterflies and the Anthropocene.
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