Middletown

Teenage Wasteland is a 2025 documentary film which explores how in 1991 to 1997 a group of high school journalists and their teacher in Middletown, New York exposed the existence of a toxic waste dump in the town. The film was directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss. As background, see also this New York Times article from 1983, eight years before the Middletown students' project, entitled "Illegal Dumping of Toxins Laid to Organized Crime". 1983-06-05. Retrieved 2026-09-04.