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Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

You could drink from that pond': the city digging for a solution to toxic runoff

Road runoff contains toxic chemicals and microplastics that pollute waterways and aquifers, posing serious risks to wildlife and human health.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

England's road runoff pollution problem being ignored, MPs told

All 25,000 of these outflows are causing toxic pollution every time it rains. While sewage pollution attracts all the attention and coverage with 56bn earmarked to address it, just a few million is invested into addressing pollution from these 25,000 road outfalls. This pollution contains microplastics, hydrocarbons, toxic metals and chemicals. It is carcinogenic, it gets into the water system but no one is measuring these harms. No one is interested.
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