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?

Toxic Town, starring Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Claudia Jessie and Robert Carlyle, tells the story of a group of women who take on their local council

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.