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A majority of Brits would back a public enquiry into the UK’s sewage pollution crisis, according to new polling data from YouGov and Surfers Against Sewage (SAS). With the imminent general election, 82 per cent of the people surveyed said they would support the next UK government setting up an independent public inquiry into the discharge of sewage in UK rivers, lakes and seas. The polling also reveals a lack of trust in politicians to deal with the crisis. Nearly 60 per cent of people said they wouldn’t trust most or any UK politicians to tackle the sewage pollution problem. Almost a third sa...
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Paris 2024 is now only three weeks away - but some events and the Olympics opening ceremony remain in question thanks to ongoing sewage pollution in the River Seine. The river is due to host competitions including the 10km freestyle and the triathlon. Following the Games, there are plans to keep the Seine swimmable for the general public, overturning a 100-year ban. And the opening ceremony is due to feature international Olympic delegations cruising the river on boats - but yesterday’s rehearsal for the event was cancelled due to dangerous concentrations of faecal bacteria in the water. This ...
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Endurance swimmer Joan Fennelly is undaunted by frigid water and long distances, swimming year-round in the wild. But she takes extra precautions in her own backyard. The River Thames is one of Britain's many waterways contaminated with sewage and agricultural pollution. “If it looks right, if its smells right, I’ll go in," Fennelly said. Britain has become notorious as a place where a casual swim could lead to an extended visit to the toilet, if not the hospital. A torrent of news on dirty water has spilled into next month's election to determine which party controls government for the next f...
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London’s mayor has vowed to make the notoriously polluted River Thames swimmable within a decade. It’s welcome news for Londoners looking enviously across the Channel to Paris - where authorities are racing to get the Seine clean enough for Olympic swimming events this summer. Sadiq Khan announced his “moonshot plan” to clear up the “national embarrassment” to The Sunday Times newspaper. “We won’t do this overnight,” he said. “It will take us a few years to do - but the great thing is there’s an appetite from Londoners and campaigners.” Here’s how London could reverse the fortunes of its belov...
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Fresh doubts have been cast on the possibility of Paris hosting Olympic swimming events in its polluted River Seine. Much excitement was generated by the announcement last year that the Seine will be open for public swimmers in 2025, after staging triathlon events this summer. But water sampling by the European arm of the Surfrider Foundation has revealed that bacteria - including “pollution of faecal origin” - remains dangerously high. “It is therefore clear that the athletes who will be taking part in the Olympic and Paralympic events planned for the Seine will be swimming in polluted water ...
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Anger is rising over the dumping of untreated sewage into the UK’s rivers and seas. The situation attracted international attention at the end of March during the famous Oxford- Cambridge Boat Race. Rowers were warned about potentially dangerous E. coli bacteria in the River Thames ahead of the event. A combination of agricultural runoff and sewage spills now mean the UK is ranked among some of the worst countries in Europe for bathing water quality. Why have its rivers and seas ended up in this state? Why has sewage pollution got so bad in the UK?Many campaigners track the problem back to the...
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