The Guardian19 jun 2026Macro
Automatisch samengesteld met AI uit de vermelde bronnen
A multi-agency health cell review of cancer registrations from 2003–2022 within 5 km of the AGC Chemicals Europe plant in Thornton-Cleveleys found no statistically significant excess of kidney cancer and concluded no further cluster investigation is needed, despite two small areas recording higher-than-expected rates. An estimated 49 tonnes of PFOA were emitted from the site between the 1950s and 2012. Dr David Megson of Manchester Metropolitan University called this conclusion “very contradictory,” while Dr Tony Fletcher of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said the small excess is consistent with a PFOA-linked risk; experts have called for blood testing to clarify exposure.