Toms River Quotes

“A simple pecking order has always characterized mankind's relationship to waste: The wealthy throw out what they do not want, the poor scavenge what they can, and whatever remains is left to rot.”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“The chief legacy of Toms River instead has been to solidify governmental opposition to conducting any more Toms River–style investigations. And because only governments have unimpeded access to cancer registry information (due to privacy concerns), if public agencies do not investigate clusters, then no one will.”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“Relatively few people in town were paying close attention to the issue; a much bigger controversy in the local papers during that long, hot summer was whether flying the United Nations flag at town hall was a gesture of international cooperation or “evidence of communist conspiracy,” as one newspaper article put it.16”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“On his desk he kept a quotation from investigative reporter Bob Woodward: “All good work is done in defiance of management.”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

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― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“As governments took their first steps toward meaningful regulation of the chemical industry, science would become both a weapon and a target.”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“A simple pecking order has always characterized mankind’s relationship to waste: The wealthy throw out what they do not want, the poor scavenge what they can, and whatever remains is left to”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“In the end, what I've learned is that when it comes to this type of science, you really can't be arrogant and assume you know the answers. Arrogance by these companies and by the government is what got us into all this in the first place.”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“The civil justice system is built on a lie -- that vanquishing the other guy will solve your problems and make you happy”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“As soon as you say, 'I'm going to use the legal system to impose my will on you,' you're buying into a lie,' schlichtmann said. 'You'll get chaos, and the system will dissapoint you. You'll get decision-making that only makes sense in Bedlam. We think the legal system is there for us, but it's not. It's there only for itself.”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

“Rashomon”
― Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation