{"id":289820,"date":"2025-10-24T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/families-fear-they-could-be-living-above-toxic-waste-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:05:04","slug":"families-fear-they-could-be-living-above-toxic-waste-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/families-fear-they-could-be-living-above-toxic-waste-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Families fear they could be living above toxic waste | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/J_K0vVlPWHI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Families fear they could be living above toxic waste | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_K0vVlPWHI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The families of two children born with hand defects, who lived 200 metres apart, have told ITV News they believe the conditions could have been caused by toxic waste.<\/p>\n<p>They lived streets apart in Little Stanion, a village with a population of 2,500, where whistleblowers say waste was dumped after the steelworks closed in neighbouring Corby, Northamptonshire.<\/p>\n<p>When Corby\u2019s steelmaking industry came crashing down in the 1980s and 1990s, the town underwent the largest reclamation in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, a High Court case found the council had negligently moved the waste in open-top lorries, causing birth defects in 18 children.<\/p>\n<p>Families are now concerned about where the waste was dumped and whether it has caused wider health problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The families of two children born with hand defects, who lived 200 metres apart, have told ITV News they believe the conditions could have been caused by toxic waste. 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