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England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Davriellelouna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/08/englands-swimming-waters-five-times-more-likely-to-be-polluted-than-in-eu-research-finds

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A “poor” rating means that the water quality falls below the acceptable level for safe bathing, meaning it contains too large a quantity of bacteria such as intestinal enterococci and E coli.

    No one told bacteria that ‘Brexit means Brexit’.

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  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What I’m hearing is that our swimming water is the thickest - and therefore the best - in Europe!

    After all, people pay more for orange juice with bits in…

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