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

November 23, 2025 1

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.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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