>> today on "earth focus" -- chememical pollulution. an american city fights back. and the toxic legacy of gold mining in peru. oming up on "earth focus." >> on a warm summer night, you cann s see where peoeople chcho live on toms river, riverboats, beaches, the promise of relaxing days and good health. but years ago the town became famous for a different reason, chemicals and cancer. >> we had no i idea they were discharging toxic chemicals. >> thehey never should h have l the people of toms river r drin that water. >> i knonow where my son's canc came from. >> the company got caught. >> it's part of thee duty of government to protect the public health and that didn't happen. >> if it happened here, it really can happen any place. >> the chemical history of toms river began in 1962 when giba geigy, a chemical dye company built a industrial manufacturing plant.t. >> there w wasn't muchch happen at toms river. chicken farming was the biggest industry. there was a little bit of tourism but not much. when this very l large chemical concern said we want to build a facto

[captioning performed by the >> today on "earth focus" -- chememical pollulution. an american city fights back. and the toxic legacy of gold mining in peru. oming up on "earth focus." >> on a warm summer night, you cann s see where peoeople chcho live on toms river, riverboats, beaches, the promise of relaxing days and good health. but years ago the town became famous for a different reason, chemicals and cancer. >> we had no i idea they were di