North Yorkshire town has UK’s highest concentration of ‘forever chemicals’
by Pippa Neill from on (#6N1GA)
PFAS contamination recorded in groundwater on Angus Fire site in Bentham, and includes chemicals with known health impacts
A small North Yorkshire town has been found to have the highest concentration of forever chemicals" in the UK, it can be revealed.
The market town of Bentham, which is home to 3,000 people and set on the banks of the River Wenning, is also home to the Angus International Safety Group - locally known as Angus Fire - which, since the 1970s, has been producing firefighting foams containing PFAS at a factory near the town centre.
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