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lalawoman416 's review for:
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
by Dan Fagin
With the water situation in Detroit, this book is so relevant. Tom's River, a seaside town in New Jersey, became the dumping ground for the local manufacturing plants. Over the course of several decades, the land and the water became so polluted the local residents and children started becoming sick. What followed was decades of testing and litigation. What resulted was the largest environmental settlements of all time.
I loved that the author took us on a 60 year journey giving us all the moving parts. Yes, it's a lengthy, book that gets quite technical in places, but every page is filled with meaning. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that I felt the book was in need of a good editor. There were some parts of the book that detracted from the overall feel by going off on an unnecessary tangent. But overall, the book was so engaging that I would highly recommend it to anyone.
I loved that the author took us on a 60 year journey giving us all the moving parts. Yes, it's a lengthy, book that gets quite technical in places, but every page is filled with meaning. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that I felt the book was in need of a good editor. There were some parts of the book that detracted from the overall feel by going off on an unnecessary tangent. But overall, the book was so engaging that I would highly recommend it to anyone.