ciba een 1962-1966, geigy had about 20 sites. on the days the plant was operating, over five million gallonss of chemical waste were dumped directly in the river. these were days s when the philososophy was out of sight, out of mind a and didn't have t 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 a always ice cold even i in t the middle of the summer. when you came over here, the swinging bridge, it was a popular swimming place with young people. if your n nose was working and your eyes were workrking, you would certainly rececognize 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 c chemical dumping. >> according early on to the report ciba geigy commissioned wawas about a milillion gallons day was seepin