@pippaneill.bsky.social
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@endsreport.com. Formerly editor of Air Quality News and Environment Journal. Bylines in The Guardian. DMs open 🌎 ✉️
@endsreport.com. Formerly editor of Air Quality News and Environment Journal. Bylines in The Guardian. DMs open 🌎 ✉️
The newsletter also highlights public health data showing Bentham may be a “cancer hotspot” - with cancer mortality rates at 118.6 compared to the England average of 100.0, and significantly higher than the North Yorkshire average of 92.0.
www.endsreport.com/article/1873...
www.endsreport.com/article/1873...
God's own Dark Waters? How Bentham became the most PFAS polluted place in the UK
<B>God's own Dark Waters?</B>: ENDS investigates how an old market town in Yorkshire became the most PFAS polluted place in the UK
www.endsreport.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The newsletter also highlights public health data showing Bentham may be a “cancer hotspot” - with cancer mortality rates at 118.6 compared to the England average of 100.0, and significantly higher than the North Yorkshire average of 92.0.
www.endsreport.com/article/1873...
www.endsreport.com/article/1873...
The newsletter revisits my investigation which revealed that the small rural town of Bentham, North Yorkshire, has the highest levels of PFAS pollution ever known to be recorded in the UK. Bentham is home to firefighting foam manufacturer Angus Fire.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
North Yorkshire town has UK’s highest concentration of ‘forever chemicals’
PFAS contamination recorded in groundwater on Angus Fire site in Bentham, and includes chemicals with known health impacts
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The newsletter revisits my investigation which revealed that the small rural town of Bentham, North Yorkshire, has the highest levels of PFAS pollution ever known to be recorded in the UK. Bentham is home to firefighting foam manufacturer Angus Fire.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This comes after I revealed that the Environment Agency is allowing AGC Chemicals Europe to produce products containing PFOA – a carcinogenic forever chemical – and release it to the air, despite the chemical being globally banned since 2019.
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
MP urges government to close ‘loophole’ allowing Blackpool chemical firm to produce products containing PFOA
<strong>EXCLUSIVE: </strong> A Labour MP has said she will urge the government to “remedy” any potential “loophole” that is allowing a chemical factory to the north of Blackpool to legally produce pro...
www.endsreport.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This comes after I revealed that the Environment Agency is allowing AGC Chemicals Europe to produce products containing PFOA – a carcinogenic forever chemical – and release it to the air, despite the chemical being globally banned since 2019.
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
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I think that's one of the saddest things about this situation - things that ought to create health have been poisoned @pippaneill.bsky.social spoke to one person who felt terrible that veg they'd given to friends + family might have contained harmful chemicals
October 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I think that's one of the saddest things about this situation - things that ought to create health have been poisoned @pippaneill.bsky.social spoke to one person who felt terrible that veg they'd given to friends + family might have contained harmful chemicals
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But, since then, emails seen by @fightingdirty.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @georgiaes.bsky.social reveal the firm admitting to the EA that PFOA is produced as a by-product of making another PFAS at the plant. As reported by @pippaneill.bsky.social
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Reap What You Sow: Exposing Lancashire's toxic town
A new ENDS investigation reveals that the Environment Agency is allowing a chemicals factory to produce products containing a carcinogenic forever chemical. But how did we get here?
www.endsreport.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
But, since then, emails seen by @fightingdirty.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @georgiaes.bsky.social reveal the firm admitting to the EA that PFOA is produced as a by-product of making another PFAS at the plant. As reported by @pippaneill.bsky.social
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Campaigner Dr Mick Salt said:
"I find it reprehensible that in times of challenging public finances, HMRC have allowed an accumulation of over £80m of risk against a company with such a chequered history."
www.endsreport.com/article/1934...
"I find it reprehensible that in times of challenging public finances, HMRC have allowed an accumulation of over £80m of risk against a company with such a chequered history."
www.endsreport.com/article/1934...
Walleys Quarry operator entered liquidation with possible £80m unpaid tax bill
<strong>EXCLUSIVE: </strong> The operator of the notorious Walleys Quarry landfill in Staffordshire entered liquidation with a potential £80.8 million unpaid tax bill, court documents have revealed.
www.endsreport.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Campaigner Dr Mick Salt said:
"I find it reprehensible that in times of challenging public finances, HMRC have allowed an accumulation of over £80m of risk against a company with such a chequered history."
www.endsreport.com/article/1934...
"I find it reprehensible that in times of challenging public finances, HMRC have allowed an accumulation of over £80m of risk against a company with such a chequered history."
www.endsreport.com/article/1934...
My recent investigation exposed that AGC Chemicals is still producing products containing PFOA and is emitting this chemical to the air.
PFOA is a globally banned and carcinogenic forever chemical.
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
PFOA is a globally banned and carcinogenic forever chemical.
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
Reap What You Sow: Exposing Lancashire's toxic town
A new ENDS investigation reveals that the Environment Agency is allowing a chemicals factory to produce products containing a carcinogenic forever chemical. But how did we get here?
www.endsreport.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My recent investigation exposed that AGC Chemicals is still producing products containing PFOA and is emitting this chemical to the air.
PFOA is a globally banned and carcinogenic forever chemical.
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
PFOA is a globally banned and carcinogenic forever chemical.
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...