A teacher has died from brain cancer which she believed was caused by blue water and toxic chemicals at her school. Jeana Watt taught maths at the Skills Academy in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, which was built on an old industrial waste site.
The mum-of-three, 48, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a fast-growing brain tumour, and given 18 months to live in June 2021, but passed away in December, her husband has revealed. The school shares a campus with Buchanan and St Ambrose high schools, where blue water was previously discovered running from taps and staff and pupils claimed to have contracted serious illnesses as a result.
An independent review commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2019 found no link to ill health and the complex was reopened to staff and pupils that August. However, Jeana believed her condition is a result of ground contamination and chemicals from water she drank and washed her hands with during the three years she worked at the Skills Academy.
