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

Stars of Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and more tell a real-life story in Jack Thorne's new Netflix drama Toxic Town.

Penned by acclaimed writer Jack Thorne (Best Interests, His Dark Materials), the new series is based on a shocking real-life environmental scandal – the Corby poisonings – shining a spotlight on the devastating consequences of toxic waste mismanagement.

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

Includes spoilers for the show 'Toxic Town' Netflix's latest mini-series that's captured UK audiences is Toxic Town, a dramatisation of the true story of a group of Corby mothers who battled for justice when their children suffered as a result of one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals.

The alarming story is based on a real incident, when people in the English town of Corby inhaled toxic dust that was later linked to birth defects in a cluster of children. The 2009 ruling against Corby represented the first time a civil court in England made the connection between birth defects and the negligent management of toxic waste in the air.

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,

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