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‘We’ve got to find answers’: Corby families affected by cancer searching for truth about toxic waste sites


Alison Gaffney believes her son’s rare leukaemia was caused by dumped toxic waste from the town’s steelworks

Alison Gaffney and Andy Hinde received the devastating news that their 17-month-old son, Fraser, had a rare type of leukaemia in 2018.

Two years of gruelling treatment followed, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, before a stem cell transplant. Fraser, then aged three, made a “miraculous recovery” from the surgery, before doctors declared the cancer in remission.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/23/cancer-corby-toxic-waste-sites-steelworks

Author : Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent

Publish date : 2025-11-23 08:00:00

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