Buncefield: the PFAS legacy of ‘biggest fire in peacetime Europe’

​"And how firefighters in particular believe they may have been harmed by it…"
"Wayne Crossman, a firefighter deployed to the oil depot after the huge explosion in 2005, suspects firefighting foam contributed to his myeloid leukaemia
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The oil depot fire raged for three days. “Wherever you looked, you could see devastation. The windows of the buildings were blown out and all the cars were damaged,” recalls Wayne Crossman, a 43-year-old firefighter from London who attended the scene."
 
 
 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/buncefield-the-pfas-legacy-of-biggest-fire-in-peacetime-europe
 
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