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.

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

A new drama on Netflix is shining a light on the true story of the Corby poisonings.