RESIDENTS were demanding to know if there was any link between a high number of stomach cancer cases and industry after the leaking of a report commissioned following doctors' concern.
The report from geography experts at Lancaster University found that in two small areas of Haslingden there were more cases of the disease than would normally be expected.
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