I n Toxic Town, a drama out now on Netflix, poisonous dust in the air causes children to be born with missing limbs and other physical abnormalities. 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.

Netflix's new series Toxic Town sees a community demand justice during the toxic waste scandal in Corby but is it a true story?

In the early 2000s, news of the Corby poisonings sent shockwaves across the nation – but the story began much earlier than that. If you’re unfamiliar with the true events, we’re about to see them play out all over again in Netflix’s new limited series,

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.