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Documents the landmark tort case involving Beverly Hills High School and Erin Brockovich in which oil drilling practices behind the school's athletic fields were linked to cancer outbreaks among young graduates and involved a heavily debated legal battle that divided the community and incorporated dramatic scientific, political, and personal influences. Originally published as Parts Per Million. Reprint.
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If it can happen in Beverly Hills, it can happen anywhere.The Poisoning of an American High School is a feat of investigative reportage and the product of four years of research by award-winning journalist Joy Horowitz. Making lucid the tangled issues of public health, regulation, and the political power of industry, it tells a riveting tale ripped from newspaper headlines--a cancer cluster affecting graduates of one of America's most affluent schools, Beverly Hills High. The Poisoning of an American High School presents the behind-the-scenes saga of the 2003 landmark toxic tort suit, in which more than one thousand plaintiffs, with the sensational Erin Brockovich as their champion, claimed their illnesses could be traced to exposure to the oil derricks just yards from school grounds.
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