My thoughts on Netflix show Toxic Town and why we need to stop blaming Eve for everything

toxic town

Because they [the characters in Toxic Town] blamed themselves, it prevented them from speaking up sooner and from questioning what was going on around them,’ says Michelle Tant.

I recently watched Toxic Town on Netflix, a retelling of the Corby poisonings, one of the biggest environmental scandals in UK history. After a long fight in the courts, the women involved, finally saw justice for their children who had been born with limb differences because of the improperly disposed of toxic waste in the town. It is an incredible ‘David and Goliath’ story of resilience, of strength in female friendships and even of holding power to account and I highly recommend it.

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