Worryingly high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ linked to cancer and other serious illnesses have been found in residents of a Yorkshire town following blood testing. PFAS are a group of millions of chemicals often described as ‘forever chemicals’ because they take an extremely long time to break down in the environment. PFAS is short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Some of these chemicals are known and suspected carcinogens; substances capable of causing cancer by damaging cell DNA or

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