What he told me made my blood run cold - Michael Sheen investigates Wales' toxic legacy
Summary
Michael Sheen investigates a toxic chemical legacy in Wales in a new BBC documentary. Decades of chemical dumping by companies like Monsanto may have caused rare cancers in people who lived near contaminated sites.Key Facts
- Michael Phillips and friends played as children near a lagoon in Wales contaminated with toxic chemicals.
- Many of these people later developed rare cancers they believe are linked to the chemicals.
- Researcher Douglas Gowan warned about 14 contaminated sites, mostly in Wales, before he died.
- Gowan said Monsanto dumped large amounts of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), harmful industrial chemicals.
- PCBs are long-lasting, build up in animals and humans, and were used in plastics, paint, and electrical equipment.
- These chemicals were banned starting in the 1970s due to their health risks but still remain in the environment.
- A major fire at a contaminated lagoon in Wrexham in the 1980s spread chemicals over a wide area.
- Those exposed, including Phillips and his friends, have suffered unusual cancers, some fatal.
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