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Toms River (book)

Okay, so there is a book called "Toms River" which is about a town called Toms River. This town is in New Jersey and a long time ago a company called Ciba-Geigy came to Toms River to make chemicals. These chemicals could be helpful for things like medicine, but they could also be harmful to people and the environment if they were not handled properly.

Unfortunately, Ciba-Geigy did not always handle their chemicals properly and they leaked into the air, water and soil. This can make people and animals sick and can harm the environment.

The book "Toms River" talks about how the people of Toms River found out about the chemicals and how they worked really hard to try to make things better. They wanted to protect themselves, their families, and their community.

In the end, the people of Toms River were able to get the attention of important people like politicians and scientists, and they were able to make changes that helped to clean up the town and protect the people and the environment.

Overall, "Toms River" is a story about how people can work together to make things better even when faced with big challenges.