Ever since her son Fraser was diagnosed with a rare type of leukaemia at 17 months old, Alison Gaffney has been searching for answers.
Gaffney is among 150 families who say they have been affected by childhood cancer cases in the East Midlands town of Corby, the centre of the UK’s most high profile toxic waste scandal – and now fear their own connection to the disaster.
These families have tracked cases dating back to the late 1980s in the small town and believe the number is disproportionate for Corby’s population of around 62,000.
“[Fraser’s] consultant said to me, ‘it keeps me up at night, wondering how Fraser got this cancer,’” Gaffney told The i Paper. “The consultant, nurses and other staff said to us they were all puzzled why there are so many children from Corby getting cancer.”
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