Community near Blackpool chemical plant tests positive for 'forever chemicals'

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Sept, 18:02 · Archive

People living near a chemicals plant in Blackpool have tested positive for PFAS 'forever chemicals'.

Residents living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool have received test results showing contamination with PFAS—persistent chemicals that do not break down in the environment. At least one resident's garden ducks' eggs were found to be contaminated. The community had grown concerned about potential pollution from the nearby facility.

How it is being reported

• I’ve studied ‘forever chemicals’ for a decade. Here’s the truth about Pfas riskThe Independent · 28 Sept, 17:35
• ‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’: How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollutionThe Guardian · 28 Sept, 15:54

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