Read the full article by Natasha Meek (Craven Herald and Pioneer)
“Residents are planning to take legal action against a large factory claimed to have contaminated water with ‘forever chemicals’.
The small town of Bentham was recently named as the UK’s most PFAS polluted place in the UK by ENDS report.
PFAS, short for ‘per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances’, don’t easily break down in the environment or in our bodies.
The chemicals are found in everyday items and find their way into water sources, food and even the air that we breathe.
Cleaner Bentham, a group of concerned residents and business owners from Bentham, has now instructed law firm Mishcon de Reya.”…