{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_dvduolxvm3tzmywgzipq","title":"High levels of 'forever chemicals' found in Lancashire residents' blood in ten-year study of exposed communities","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/high-levels-of-forever-chemicals-found-in-lancashire-residents-blood-dvduolxvm3","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_iol65ebd3ctbvf5e2nna","seq":553713,"kind":"article","title":"High levels of 'forever chemicals' found in Lancashire residents' blood in ten-year study of exposed communities","url":"https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-high-chemicals-lancashire-residents-blood.html","summary":"When residents living near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, recently had their blood analyzed, many were found to have high levels of PFAS (so-called \"forever chemicals\"). So what does this mean for their health?","published":"2026-09-29T01:00:04Z","seen":"2026-09-29T01:30:11Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-medicalxpress-com-b50135","name":"medicalxpress.com","domain":"medicalxpress.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q69053481","name":"Medical Xpress","type":"website","country":"IM","designations":["news aggregator","news website","website"]}},"via":"kite-medicalxpress-com-b50135","topics":["medicine"],"image":"https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2026/blood-in-tubes.jpg","story":"st_dvduolxvm3tzmywgzipq","category":"health","category_p":0.5899999737739563,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6499999761581421,"political":0.029999999329447746},{"id":"n_dvduolxvm3tzmywgzipq","seq":435652,"kind":"article","title":"High levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in Lancashire residents’ blood – what I’ve learned from studying exposed communities for over a decade","url":"https://theconversation.com/high-levels-of-forever-chemicals-found-in-lancashire-residents-blood-what-ive-learned-from-studying-exposed-communities-for-over-a-decade-292923","summary":"Residents near a Lancashire chemical plant have high Pfas levels in their blood. A decade of research shows what that can and can’t tell us.","published":"2026-09-28T12:52:22Z","seen":"2026-09-28T13:22:07Z","lang":"en","country":"GB","source":{"id":"kite-theconversation-com-772654","name":"theconversation.com","domain":"theconversation.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7727516","name":"The Conversation","type":"website","country":"AU","designations":["communications media","dot-com company","nonprofit organization","open-content news site","website"]}},"via":"kite-theconversation-com-772654","authors":["Mattias Öberg, Senior Lecturer, Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet"],"entities":[{"id":"Q67311452","name":"Lancashire","type":"place"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_dvduolxvm3tzmywgzipq","category":"health","category_p":0.47999998927116394,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.3700000047683716,"political":0.05000000074505806}]}