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‘Chemical cocktails’ polluting waters and poisoning wildlife, analysis shows

“Chemical cocktails” are polluting England’s rivers, lakes and groundwater sites and poisoning wildlife, analysis has revealed. Around 100 chemicals, including PFAS forever chemicals, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, have been found along the Mersey, ...

24 May 2023 at 00:01

Dozens of Tory MPs risk losing seats over sewage dumping ‘crime’, warns Davey

Rishi Sunak will lose “dozens of seats” at the next general election if he fails to stop sewage being pumped into rivers, according to Sir Ed Davey. The Liberal Democrat leader pressed for greater action on “one of the biggest environmental crimes ...

19 Mar 2023 at 15:43

Three-quarters of rivers in poor ecological health, citizen scientists find

Three-quarters of UK rivers were found to be in poor ecological health by citizen scientists who took samples from waterways across the UK. Thousands of people measured their local water quality between June 7 and 10, collecting 1,300 datasets as ...

24 Jun 2024 at 00:01

Charity in legal action against Environment Agency over River Wye pollution

The Environment Agency (EA) is being taken to the High Court over claims it has failed to protect the River Wye from agricultural pollution. River Action, an anti-pollution charity, said the EA is allowing destructive levels of nutrients from ...

14 Mar 2023 at 16:54

Sir Steve Redgrave urges Thames clean-up as young rowers take to the river

Olympic rowing champion Sir Steve Redgrave is joining conservationists in a call for urgent action on pollution in the Thames as young rowers take to the river. The retired rower is delivering a letter to the Environment Department (Defra) ...

25 Mar 2025 at 00:01

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High salinity found in European river after mass fish die-off

Tests following a mass die-off of fish in Central Europe’s Oder River have detected high levels of salinity but no mercury in the water, Poland’s environment minister said. Anna Moskwa said analyses of river samples taken in both Poland ...

13 Aug 2022 at 13:58

Nenagh rivers under threat from pollution

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Tipperary rivers under threat from pollution

Two public meetings will take place next week on Tuesday 1st March and Thursday 3rd March 2022 on water quality in Co. Tipperary and on the draft River Basin Management Plan (2022-2027). Agencies responsible for protecting Ireland’s ...

24 Feb 2022 at 13:33

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Tipperary rivers under threat from pollution

24 Feb 2022 at 13:33

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