The newsletter also highlights public health data showing Bentham may be a “cancer hotspot” - with cancer mortality rates at 118.6 compared to the England average of 100.0, and significantly higher than the North Yorkshire average of 92.0.

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The newsletter revisits my investigation which revealed that the small rural town of Bentham, North Yorkshire, has the highest levels of PFAS pollution ever known to be recorded in the UK. Bentham is home to firefighting foam manufacturer Angus Fire.

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This comes after I revealed that the Environment Agency is allowing AGC Chemicals Europe to produce products containing PFOA – a carcinogenic forever chemical – and release it to the air, despite the chemical being globally banned since 2019.

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I think that's one of the saddest things about this situation - things that ought to create health have been poisoned @pippaneill.bsky.social spoke to one person who felt terrible that veg they'd given to friends + family might have contained harmful chemicals

But, since then, emails seen by @fightingdirty.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @georgiaes.bsky.social reveal the firm admitting to the EA that PFOA is produced as a by-product of making another PFAS at the plant. As reported by @pippaneill.bsky.social

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