Toxic Trials

Feb 25, 1986 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

When a high number of cancer cases struck the suburban community of Woburn, Massachusetts, the town mobilized to investigate why. The result was a landmark study of the effects of hazardous wastes. NOVA explores the legal and scientific implications ... (more)of the link between environmental pollution and illness.

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