Netflix’s Toxic Town is a new limited series based on the true story of Corby, England, where women residents unknowingly inhaled toxic dust in the air during their pregnancies, leading to physical abnormalities in their children.

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.

Netflix's new limited series drama, Toxic Town, is based on the true story of families from the UK town Corby and their harrowing efforts for justice.

New Netflix drama Toxic Town tells the story of the Corby poisonings, which saw women in the give birth to children with severe limb deformities

The new Netflix limited series Toxic Town is based on a real-life court case in England where a group of mothers accused the borough council in the town of Corby of negligence; even though they knew the soil they were digging up from the sites of old steel mills was highly toxic,

Yes, Toxic Town on Netflix is based on an unfortunate true story and real-life events. Here's a breakdown of the biggest plot points from the series and how it compares to what happened in real life.

The show dramatises the real-life legal battle families waged over birth defects in a steel town.

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