The 'toxic town' and the mothers seeking justice for their poisoned babies
Dozens of children born in Corby during the 90s had malformed limbs and other issues leading to a decades-long fight for justice.
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Show Notes
When the closed steelworks in Corby, Northamptonshire, were being cleaned up ahead of redevelopment, trucks ferrying debris away from the site released poisonous dust into the air. Dozens of children born during this time had malformed limbs and other issues leading to a decades-long fight for justice. Now their story, which came to national attention via the Sunday Times, is finding a new audience - in Toxic Town a Netflix drama - and families hope it will help others to join the dots.
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Guest: Rosamund Urwin, Media Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Edward Drummond.
Further reading: Can Netflix bring justice to the town poisoned by dust?
Clips: Sky News, BBC.
Photo: Sunday Times illustration.
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