Movie

In Our Blood: The Forever Chemicals Scandal

2026

Insufficient evidence

We did not find enough credible, independent evidence to publish a numeric cash-grab score. Unrated is more honest than a guess.

What counts as a cash grab?

Commercial extraction prioritized over meaningful consumer or creative value. Profit, popularity, adaptations, sequels, remakes, high budgets, and normal marketing do not count by themselves.

Why?

In Our Blood: The Forever Chemicals Scandal is a 2026 ITV Exposure documentary that investigates extremely high PFAS blood readings in residents of Bentham, North Yorkshire, and the operations of Angus Fire. Reporting and on-screen testing were conducted during 2025 and 2026, it aired on ITV1 and is available on ITVX, and major outlets reviewed its investigative journalism. Available sources show original reporting and broad free-to-view distribution, with no public evidence of predatory monetization or deliberately deceptive retail practices.

No public evidence of predatory monetization or premium paywall for the ITV broadcast and streaming release.
Reporting includes original on-screen investigation and blood testing of local residents, indicating substantive new reporting.
Aired on ITV1 and made available on ITVX, suggesting broad, consumer-accessible distribution rather than a pay-to-view extraction.

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Score factors

Direction	Factor	Evidence	Impact
Against	Original investigative reporting	Reporting indicates the programme conducted its own investigation, filming in Bentham from June 2025 and testing 39 residents' blood for PFAS, showing substantive new evidence gathering.[1][2]	-18
Against	Journalistic origin and production context	Press and specialist reporting identify the film as the work of investigative journalists, including Pippa Neill, and detail the journalistic process behind the programme.[1][3]	-14
Against	Broad consumer access	The documentary was broadcast on ITV1 and listed on ITVX and Apple TV with a standard programme runtime, indicating a conventional broadcast release rather than a premium-priced product.[2][4]	-9

Confidence: Low · No source-backed commercial-extraction signal was found. · Researched 2026-09-05

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