Pharmaceutical pollution in national parks ⚠️ Together with River Waveney Trust, we contributed data to alarming research by University of York & The Rivers Trust. Findings show many waterways in our parks are contaminated with drugs including antidepressants, painkillers and antibiotics.

Read the full paper: shorturl.at/mEbBW Read the coverage in the i paper: shorturl.at/EzQac

Last one said Nation-anal... obvs sub conscious at work..!!

More on the research from us + The Rivers Trust showing widespread contamination of #rivers in #nationalparks: antidepressants, anticonvulsants, antimicrobials, anti-inflammatory substances, lipid regulators & diabetes medicine detected - Mag North 👇🌍 mag-north.com/posts/new-stud…

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Exciting work from University of Portsmouth & Lancaster University challenging the hypothesis that the industrial compound pyridine was responsible for a mass mortality event that killed large numbers of crustaceans along 70 km of English coastline! #ESAdvances ⬇ doi.org/10.1039/D4VA00…

New study reveals pharmaceuticals are polluting England’s National Parks cnp.org.uk/news/study-rev…

🚨#Pharmaceutical #chemicals have been found in rivers flowing through national parks across England! 📣 Wildlife and Countryside Link said: “Rapid measures are needed to make rivers safer for people and wildlife” Read more 👉 buff.ly/472dLFq

I really struggle to understand why holding water companies to account for the colossal damage they have done is such a challenge? Many protected landscapes owned by English water firms in disrepair, data shows theguardian.com/environment/ar…

National Parks are sick with #sewage 💩 Now the pollution within many #NationalParks waterways is worse than in urban areas 😱 Tell your MP to take action for water💧 bit.ly/end-water-poll…

Fancy a dip? 🤢 Our latest report has found that every single water body in England’s National Parks is polluted & only 1 water body in Welsh #NationalParks meets the highest standards we all expect 📈 Help us pull the plug on pollution 👉bit.ly/end-water-poll…

Sick of the sewage? Write to your MP and tell them to pull the plug 📢 bit.ly/end-water-poll…

I had a wonderful day with Pippa Chapman (the NERC Freshwater Quality Programme Champion) collecting this week's ECOMIX river samples. It provided a great opportunity to update Pippa on the progress we have made on the project.

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We're taking our message to cities in England and Wales 💪 Have you seen our billboards? 👀 Thanks to Ocean Outdoor for awarding us advertising space 💚 End water pollution in #NationalParks 👉 cnp.org.uk/support/campai…

A really nice piece in Hefted focusing on the Lake District results from our National Parks pharmaceutical monitoring study open.substack.com/pub/hefted/p/a…

One of our champions for the Freshwater Quality Programme Pippa Chapman went out to see the progress made by team ECOMIX collecting river samples. Find out more about this project water.leeds.ac.uk/fwq-programme/…

More coverage of our national parks monitoring study on ITV News Central (approx 10 mins in) itv.com/watch/news/cat… via ITVX

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This is very questionable. EVs may emit greater amounts of tyre particles and metals from braking but won't emit the really toxic things like PAHs. EVs will also reduce impacts on aquatic systems from fossil fuel extraction and processing. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/0…