Britain river crisis: 75% of UK’s waterways pose risk to human health

Britain’s rivers are in crisis. With water companies dumping untreated sewage and industrial farms allegedly to blame.

Recent testing shows 75% of the country’s waterways pose a risk to human health with high levels of phosphate, nitrates and e-coli bacteria. But protesters and citizen scientists are fighting back. And the government is finally promising to tackle the systemic issues.

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