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Kidney cancer rates near Pfas factory in Lancashire a ‘major source of concern’
Experts cast doubt on conclusion of government-funded study of factory emitting forever chemicals near Blackpool Questions have been raised about the conclusions drawn by a government-funded study into kidney cancer rates near a factory linked to forever chemicals near Blackpool. Pfoa, a known carcinogenic forever chemical that was banned globally in 2020, was emitted from the AGC Chemicals Europe plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, near Blackpool, between the 1950s and 2012. An estimated 49 tonnes of…
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