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They found extremely high levels of E coli in the waters due to sewage being released, but it wasn't published until after the event.

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[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What came first the sewage or the sewage was from the swimmers butt jets?

[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

We’ve been allowing water companies to pump human waste into water. They’re only meant to do it in times of flooding, but presumably they’re doing it to save cost.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 16 points 1 year ago

Not only that, but we've been voting in the cockwombles that allow the rules to be bent for these companies to do it:

https://evolvepolitics.com/heres-a-list-of-every-mp-who-just-voted-to-allow-water-companies-to-continue-dumping-raw-sewage-in-our-rivers/

Christ some of these choppers are overseeing constituencies that literally have marine-based industry as their primary employment!

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