Dan Fagins book, A Story of Science and Salvation brings out the effects of environmental degradation and its analysis reveals the danger that toxic substances pose to human beings and the environment. The book portrays the challenging side of science, particularly when laws and policies governing the use of industrial chemicals are not formulated and implemented. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of science to the natural world with specific reference to the aspect of environmental pollution as brought out by Fagin. The objective of the paper is to measure the extent to which human beings are responsible for the many negative environmental and health outcomes the world is experiencing as man continues to interact with science and make scientific discoveries. The paper seeks to establish whether all humanity is to blame for the environmental challenges brought about by science or some institutions are responsible for the destruction with focus on specific evidence of the nature of the environmental destruction. Fagin authoritatively describes how chemistry as a field of study plays a big part in the destruction of the important coastland of New Jersey and more specifical
ly on Ciba. The workers serving in the potential toxicogenic factory and the inhabitants of New Jersey especially along Toms River are affected by pollution. Health is equated to life and a healthy community portrays a living nation. In New Jersey, Fagin depicts how endangered its inhabitants are especially when it comes to exposure to carcinogenic agents. An example of the danger is highlighted through the workers of Ciba who are practically consuming aniline dyes embedded in cold tar. Cancer is evident in the community of Ciba as it affects children and kills them. Technology is presented as powerful in that it can be self-destructive. In as much as technology has a positive dimension in the society, it can also propagate dangerous economic, social and demographic changes. Science alongside technology harness massive adverse mutagens, carcinogens or dermatogens with their effects being manifested in the youthful progeny. Third-world countries are negatively affected by bad governance and their populations are seen to suffer from carcinogenic substances. This fact is evident when bureaucrats in New Jersey obscure evidence of pollution in Toms River after discovery of clusters of calcium.