Contaminant of Concern

A toxic pesticide buried for decades. A community fighting science. Neighbor versus neighbor.

Environmental consultant Luke Graham has cleaned up hazardous sites before, but nothing like this.

Brought in to oversee the cleanup of a former DDT manufacturing plant in Torrance, California, Luke quickly uncovers a growing crisis: new science, contaminated soil, and a neighborhood facing forced evacuation under federal orders.

Residents are furious. The corporation is under pressure. Environmental...