{"id":297315,"date":"2025-03-07T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=350505"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:14:36","slug":"the-miniseries-toxic-city-is-among-the-most-watched-series-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-miniseries-toxic-city-is-among-the-most-watched-series-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"The miniseries Toxic City is among the most watched series on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The miniseries Toxic City, created by Jack Thorne, has captured the attention of audiences in 49 countries, achieving a spot in the Top 10 of Netflix. This production recounts a <strong>dark chapter in the history of Corby, a small town in northern England that, in the 1980s, experienced an alarming rate of birth defects<\/strong>. The figure was ten times higher than expected, a phenomenon that led 18 families to fight against a system that seemed to be against them.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are we aware of environmental issues?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The core of the environmental scandal lies in the Stewarts &amp; Lloyds steel plant, which closed in 1981 after years of toxic waste accumulation. <\/strong>These wastes were transported unsafely, resulting in the contamination of the community, which was unaware of the dangers threatening their health. Affected mothers, noticing the anomalies in their children, began a tough legal battle that lasted over a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thorne, known for previous works like Black Mirror, highlighted that he was unaware of the story before it was presented to him by his co-producers. <em>It had a lot of drama, whether it was the story of the trial itself or the way these women came together and fought together<\/em>, he stated. <strong>The series not only addresses a case of environmental injustice but also reflects the struggles of a working-class community determined to challenge the status quo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toxic Town | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ie6WSX0py58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The narrative of Toxic City resonates at a time when <strong>environmental concerns are more relevant than ever<\/strong>, and offers a powerful reminder of the costs that corporate negligence can incur. The series invites reflection on the role of the community and institutions in protecting public health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The miniseries Toxic City, created by Jack Thorne, has captured the attention of audiences in 49 countries, achieving a spot in the Top 10 of Netflix. This production recounts a dark chapter in the history of Corby, a small town in northern England that, in the 1980s, experienced an alarming rate of birth defects. The figure was ten times higher than expected, a phenomenon that led 18 families to fight against a system that seemed to be against them. Are we aware of environmental issues? The core of the environmental scandal lies in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":297316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[9069,1048,9070],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-297315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ciudad-toxica","tag-netflix","tag-toxic-town"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309120,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297315\/revisions\/309120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297315"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=297315"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=297315"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=297315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}