A new Netflix series puts a dramatic lens on one of the biggest environmental scandals in U.K. history — one that left dozens of children with birth defects

Here is the true story of Netflix's Toxic Town which tells an emotional account of the Corby toxic waste scandal.

Netflix's new drama Toxic Town revisits one of the UK's biggest environmental scandals: the Corby toxic waste case. The series tells the story of families fighting for justice after children in the Northamptonshire town were born with birth defects, believed to be caused by industrial pollution.

The story of Corby, sometimes referred to as a British version of Erin Brokovich, traces the toxic roots of children’s birth defects in the town, and how women supporting one another took back power f

The show dramatises the real-life legal battle families waged over birth defects in a steel town.

The drama has already shown a disregard for basic health and safety requirements in the work and clearly demonstrated how the local people were being exposed to toxic dust and ele