When residents living near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, recently had their blood analysed, many were found to contain high levels of Pfas (so-called “forever chemicals”). So what does this mean for their health?
I have worked on that question for more than a decade, as more and more contaminated sites have been discovered around the world. The levels reported in Thornton-Cleveleys are higher than those usually found in the general population, but they are in the same range as those seen in some other Pfas-exposed communities. However, they are far from the worst I have seen in Sweden and elsewhere.
