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People are going to hate me.
I won't move on with my life.
And I was so petrified of being dragged across the coals for reporting them.
And I still am.
My name is Laura Hughes.
And for the past two years,
I've been uncovering the United Kingdom's perplexing relationship with lead.
What I've found has shocked me.
From the financial times, this is untold.
Toxic legacy.
Out now.
It's the sort of news every parent dreads.
We were lost.
We didn't know what we were going to do.
Our whole world crashed.
Your child.
is diagnosed with cancer.