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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eleanor Barlow

Mother living near Lancashire chemical site fears she poisoned her children through breastfeeding

Hammond fears she may have poisoned her children - (PA)

A mother-of-five living adjacent to a Lancashire chemical site fears she may have exposed her infants to toxic substances while breastfeeding, after medical testing confirmed the presence of "forever chemicals" in her blood.

Sam Hammond, 48, has spent 21 years residing near the Hillhouse manufacturing facility in Thornton-Cleveleys - a site operated by AGC Chemicals Europe - and suffered a stroke in 2020.

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