Netflix’s limited series ‘Toxic Town’ premiered on Feb. 27 and fictionalized the shocking Corby poisoning case

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.

Toxic Town depicts the real-life battle of families in Corby whose children were born with defects in what Netflix described as "one of the UK's biggest environmental scandals". Here is everything you need to know about the show and the real events in the Northamptonshire town that inspired it.

Toxic Town tells the story of a group of mothers who take on their local council over toxic waste mismanagement that led to their children's disabilities

Netflix tells the story of the Corby mothers who fought for justice after their children were born with severe deformities due to the council's failure to remove toxic waste properly

Do Netflix viewers the world over want to watch a drama featuring the inner workings of Corby Borough Council? The ratings for their new drama Toxic Town will tell. And you can be certain that the BBC will have a wary eye on those viewing figures because the corporation has been justifying its existence of late by saying that it tells the kind of British stories that US streamers wouldn’t touch,

The latest in an increasingly long list of power-to-the-people British dramas platforming inspiring true stories and underrepresented parts of the U.K., Toxic Town joins Mr. Bates vs the Post Office and two Bank of Dave movies as another very good drama with an earnest sense of righteousness propping it up.