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The magnificent @frannyarmstrong has been hard at work editing the world's first live investigative documentary, #Rivercide, down to 60 crisp and compelling minutes. You can watch it any time for free at Here's a glimpse, prangs, filth and all.
Here's the shocking pollution event we covered on the River Llynfi. Disgracefully, no one from @NatResWales turned up for 13 hours, by which time the pulse of poison had passed, making it much harder to identify the culprit. Watch the whole movie here:
Here's the moment at which two citizen scientists, *doing the work our governments should have done*, reveal the major cause of death of one of the UK's most treasured and protected rivers, the Wye. See the rest on
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So here are the key takeaways from #Rivercide.
1. We're rightly disgusted by the privatised water companies, cutting their costs by dumping raw sewage into our rivers.
But revolting and extreme as this is, it’s NOT the primary cause of river pollution in the UK.
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1. We're rightly disgusted by the privatised water companies, cutting their costs by dumping raw sewage into our rivers.
But revolting and extreme as this is, it’s NOT the primary cause of river pollution in the UK.
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2. So what is? The answer will surprise many people.
Farming.
There are several reasons: soil erosion, fertilisers, pesticides etc.
But the most extreme cause is this: industrial livestock units.
The problem is simply stated: they produce too much dung for the land to absorb.
Farming.
There are several reasons: soil erosion, fertilisers, pesticides etc.
But the most extreme cause is this: industrial livestock units.
The problem is simply stated: they produce too much dung for the land to absorb.
3. They gather nutrients from a large area and release them into a small one. Modern chicken farms, for example, channel soya from vast areas of Brazil and Argentina into huge numbers of birds in industrial units. The nutrients in their dung are spread on the surrounding land.
