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Pfoa
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en PFOA.
en-GB Pippa Neill ‘I just want to know if it has caused my cancer’: life in the shadow of Lancashire Pfas factory The Guardian 2026-07-10 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/10/lancashire-pfas-factory-impact-contamination-forever-chemicals 0261-3077 Between the 1950s and 2012, the facility emitted an estimated 49 tonnes of the carcinogenic chemical Pfoa. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018133139/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/10/lancashire-pfas-factory-impact-contamination-forever-chemicals 18 October 2026