‘Forever chemicals’ – the national cancer scandal brewing in a Lancashire town

In this week’s newsletter: residents living near a chemical factory are the latest community concerned about the health and environmental impact of Pfas contamination • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Residents within a kilometre of the AGC Chemicals Europe factory in Thornton-Cleveleys in the north of England, have found themselves at the centre of what is quickly becoming a national scandal. In 2024, the UK Environment Agency and the local authority initiated a...

By Pippa Neill