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‘I just want to know if it has caused my cancer’: life in the shadow of Lancashire Pfas factory

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People in Thornton-Cleveleys want answers on the impact of widespread contamination around the chemical plant“Everything I wanted was finally coming to fruition. A house, a change of job and getting married,” says Liz Hurst, looking out to sea on a hot evening in Blackpool.

People in Thornton-Cleveleys want answers on the impact of widespread contamination around the chemical plant

“Everything I wanted was finally coming to fruition. A house, a change of job and getting married,” says Liz Hurst, looking out to sea on a hot evening in Blackpool.

“But then all of a sudden, everything was put on hold.” Fifteen years ago, Hurst was diagnosed with kidney cancer aged 32.

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