ciba een 1962-1966, geigy had about 20 sites. on the days the plant was operating, over five million gallons of chemical waste were dumped directly in the river. these were days when the philosophy was out of sight, out of mind and didn't have the proper waste disposal. >> don bennett grew up in toms river and ran in the river as a young boy, just downstream from where the plant dumps. dd >> it was bizarre to a teenage kid swimming in what looked to be just another river. the water was always ice cold even in the middle of the summer. when you came over here, the swinging bridge, it was a popular swimming place with young people. if your nose was working and your eyes were working, you would certainly recognize something was really wrong. >> don's connection to toms river isn't just water. for over 30 years, he worked at the local newspaper and was one of the first reporters to ciba geigy chemical dumping. >> according early on to the report ciba geigy commissioned was about a million gallons a day was seeping in the seepage pits