Toms River

出版者:Bantam

作者:Dan Fagin

页数:560

出版时间:2013-3-19

价格:USD 28.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780553806533

具体描述

The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution. For years, large chemical companies had been using Toms River as their private dumping ground, burying tens of thousands of leaky drums in open pits and discharging billions of gallons of acid-laced wastewater into the town’s namesake river.

In an astonishing feat of investigative reporting, prize-winning journalist Dan Fagin recounts the sixty-year saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made Toms River a cautionary example for fast-growing industrial towns from South Jersey to South China. He tells the stories of the pioneering scientists and physicians who first identified pollutants as a cause of cancer, and brings to life the everyday heroes in Toms River who struggled for justice: a young boy whose cherubic smile belied the fast-growing tumors that had decimated his body from birth; a nurse who fought to bring the alarming incidence of childhood cancers to the attention of authorities who didn’t want to listen; and a mother whose love for her stricken child transformed her into a tenacious advocate for change.

A gripping human drama rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, Toms River is a tale of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave individuals who refused to keep silent until the truth was exposed.

作者简介

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 fifteen 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. His articles on cancer epidemiology were recognized with the Science Journalism Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Science in Society Award of the National Association of Science Writers.

读后感

看书前原本玩笑说“一起看看肿瘤病因学拓展阅读。”，读完才知道这本书还涉及了流行病、卫生统计学、细胞遗传学、毒理学、分子生物学以及现代物理化学等等，作者不仅记录了这些学科在汤姆斯河的故事里扮演的角色，甚至还介绍了它们的发展史和经典案例，比如霍乱、约翰·斯诺和...  

（来源：http://www.ycwb.com/ePaper/ycwb/html/2015-07/12/content_746807.htm?div=-1） □廖立湖 　　前不久，家乡发生了一起村民到乡政府闹事事件。原来是新办了一个塑料厂，而该村民在下游承包的水库里，几乎所有的鱼都死了。村民通过各种渠道投诉都得不到解决，最后自己...  

1. 读前我也很是怀疑，一个很简单的事实——化工厂污染地下水导致居民癌症这么简单的事情是如何写出500页的书也是如何获得普利策奖的。读后不得不感叹，这个事情远没有想象中那么简单。无论是污染的发生，还是癌症真相的揭露，就像锁链一样有万千个环节共同作用而成的。对于污...  

用户评价

写的太好了，但千万不能听audio book, 因为太长了，差不多23小时。内容及其丰富。借由Toms river 将近半世纪的工业污染和环境健康的发生和抗争，介绍了大量流行病学，毒理学，化工产业，社会运动，科学参与社会等等领域的发展历史和主要概念，实在是太庞杂了。一定要看书，因为有很多可以衍生学习的材料，听书听的急死了。边听变慨叹啊， 这博弈博的一波未平一波又起的啊，我们差太远啦。

其实，我觉得这个讲良心实在的伟大普通人和现代activism多于讲流行病学分析，写后者写得让人手不释卷的推荐The Emperor of All Maladies。个人来讲我想读更多关于分析每户水源构成的追溯模型如何构建，但普利策显然更喜欢从个体和家人角度讲的故事。故事铺叙老套但扎实，不是裹了糖霜撒了彩带的欢喜结尾，而是现实，生活如此。

写的太好了，但千万不能听audio book, 因为太长了，差不多23小时。内容及其丰富。借由Toms river 将近半世纪的工业污染和环境健康的发生和抗争，介绍了大量流行病学，毒理学，化工产业，社会运动，科学参与社会等等领域的发展历史和主要概念，实在是太庞杂了。一定要看书，因为有很多可以衍生学习的材料，听书听的急死了。边听变慨叹啊， 这博弈博的一波未平一波又起的啊，我们差太远啦。

国外上个世纪甚至上上个世纪经济发展带来的负面影响与代价正在当代中国进行，而他们则早已进行了转型，往高科技与尖端制造业发展，利用资本手段将重污染行业转移到发展中国家或者第三世界国家！

国外上个世纪甚至上上个世纪经济发展带来的负面影响与代价正在当代中国进行，而他们则早已进行了转型，往高科技与尖端制造业发展，利用资本手段将重污染行业转移到发展中国家或者第三世界国家！