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“A classic story with very good good-guys and very bad bad-guys, a tale of corporate greed, lethal pollution and sick children and the heroic people who fought to make things right. A wonderful read.”

—Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author

Mothers in two small American towns wanted answers.

What caused their children to become victims of cancer?

Taylorville, Illinois and Morgan City, Louisiana each had a mystery to solve—an epidemic of a rare childhood cancer called neuroblastoma.

Told by a private investigator, this is the story of his investigation.

A David versus Goliath battle for justice.

He discovered a common link between the two communities: exposure to coal tar.

Abandoned nearly a 100 years ago, coal gasification plants polluted nearly every town and city in America with coal tar.

A legal thriller, the case against Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPS) became a landmark Illinois Supreme Court precedent.

The most potent carcinogen known to science—coal tar is still being applied to parking lots and pavements all over America!

Author reads from Chapter 33 Returning to Springfield. Reconnecting with trial lawyer Tom Londrigan.

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