‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/28/blackpool-community-pfas-pollution-forever-chemicals
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People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results Last February, I got a call from a woman called Sam Hammond. We had been speaking on and off for a while over her growing concern that her garden could be affected by pollution from a nearby chemical plant. That morning, Sam had been hand-delivered a letter from her council informing her that her pet ducks’ eggs, reared in her garden, were contaminated with Pfas chemicals. Continue reading...
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