The question was raised on one of the Heyford Park forums about who benefits financially from a large scale development, what the impact would be of stopping to address environmental concerns, and what options there would be for corruption under these circumstances. Obviously, I don’t want to address this in specific terms, but I thought…

PFAS are a large group of stable synthetic chemicals. They matter because they persist in soil, water, wildlife and human tissue. Studies link some PFAS with raised cholesterol, kidney and testicular cancer, liver effects, thyroid change, reduced vaccine response and harm in early life (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [NASEM], 2022; U.S. Environmental…