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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Pippa Neill

Yorkshire town may bring first ‘forever chemicals’ legal case in UK

The Angus Fire company building
The Angus Fire company in Bentham was connected with the highest number of PFAS in the country. Photograph: Rob Whitrow/Rob Whitrow/Ends Report

Residents in the UK town with the country’s highest identified concentration of “forever chemicals” have instructed lawyers to investigate the possibility of a first-of-its-kind legal claim against the firefighting foam manufacturer located in the centre of Bentham.

In May this year, an investigation by the Ends Report and the Guardian revealed that the rural North Yorkshire town is the most PFAS-polluted place known to exist in the UK. The town is home to the firefighting foam manufacturer Angus Fire.

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