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Today is the first day we were meant to see 'enhanced verification' of tyres shipped from the UK to India. Typically, we would see 40 or so a day. Today, we saw ... 0!

Our Founder has more >>> www.linkedin.com/posts/georgi...

THIS IS SHOCKING! 😳

See those white and blue pieces? That’s plastic.... In sewage sludge that is being spread on our farmland and often ending up in our rivers. 💩😱

🛑 THIS NEEDS TO STOP 🛑 Add your name to the petition - act.gp/4nHfsAc

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#SewageSludge #ToxicSludge

Reap What You Sow: Exposing Lancashire's toxic town A new ENDS investigation reveals that the Environment Agency is allowing a chemicals factory to produce products containing a carcinogenic forever chemical. But how did we get here?

AGC Chemicals, near Blackpool, is still producing products containing the globally banned chemical PFOA, and emitting this to the air

For Georgia Elliot-Smith, of @fightingdirty.bsky.social, this issue is black and white

"There should be no discussion here”

www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

Fighting Dirty to renew legal action if EA tyre reforms fail | MRW Speaking at the TRA’s annual conference, campaign leader Georgia Elliott-Smith said regulator must follow through on promised changes

They've been warned ...

"Fighting Dirty to renew legal action if EA tyre reforms fail"

www.mrw.co.uk/news/fightin...

This is only possible, though, through donations (we are volunteer-run and not for profit) - monthly donations help fund our research between cases fightingdirty.org/donate/

Reap What You Sow: Exposing Lancashire's toxic town A new ENDS investigation reveals that the Environment Agency is allowing a chemicals factory to produce products containing a carcinogenic forever chemical. But how did we get here?

Now information acquired by @fightingdirty.bsky.social + shared with @pippaneill.bsky.social reveals AGC may have been aware of PFAS contamination around the site for decades before reporting by Watershed brought this pollution to light.

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A must read thead ...

In the words of our Founder @georgiaes.bsky.social "This substance is banned. This manufacturer is producing it. They are releasing it to the environment, and they are allowing it to enter their products. It's banned. That's black and white. There should be no discussion here”

REVEALED: EA allowing factory to produce products with banned PFAS – and release it to air <b>EXCLUSIVE:</b> The Environment Agency (EA) is allowing a chemicals factory to produce products containing a carcinogenic forever chemical - and release it to the air - despite it being globally ban...

NEW (and shocking): Our FOI request shows AGC Chemicals Europe, which is located near Blackpool, is still producing products containing PFOA and is releasing it to the air. www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

Our Founder, @georgiaes.bsky.social "The fate of toxic liquids oozing out of old landfill sites is an enormous dirty secret between landfill owners, the EA, and water companies.” in today's Guardian >>> www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"many councils, including Caerphilly, have not updated their inspection strategies for potentially contaminated land on average since 2014" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations - Greenpeace Southeast Asia It’s time for world leaders to confront the elephant in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiation room: Big Oil.

The plastics industry - those who make money from producing and distributing plastics - should never have been in the room to discuss a treaty that needed to limit and reduce the amount of plastic produced. Good on @greenpeace.org for calling this out.

www.greenpeace.org/southeastasi...

‘A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming Sludge used as fertiliser on farmland contains harmful chemicals that scientists suspect are entering food chain

For campaign groups like @fightingdirty.bsky.social @fidrango.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social & the many people in the EA who have been calling for a review of biosolid use for years, these represent significant moves in the right direction.
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‘Alarmingly high’ levels of forever chemicals found at airports in England, investigation reveals Exclusive: 17 sites recorded elevated levels, in some cases thousands of times higher than proposed safe limits, as experts warn of potential risk to drinking water

"17 sites recorded elevated levels, in some cases thousands of times higher than proposed safe limits, as experts warn of potential risk to drinking water" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

ICYMI :)

Couldn't agree more.

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"The true price is incalculable"

Our Director @georgemonbiot.bsky.social rightly raising the alarm www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Press Release: Fighting Dirty wins major campaign victory as Government announces plan to regulate ‘toxic’ sewage sludge | Fighting Dirty The campaigning environmental group, Fighting Dirty, is today celebrating a landmark victory following the release of the long-awaited Independent Water Commission Report, which recommends regulating ...

ICYMI - we're delighted to report a major campaign victory as Government announces plan to regulate ‘toxic’ sewage sludge fightingdirty.org/press-releas...

The environmental campaign group, Fighting Dirty, is celebrating a "landmark victory" following the release of the Independent Water Commission Report. It recommends regulating sewage sludge - poured onto farmland and then polluting waterways - under the Environmental Permitting Regime (EPR)

Press Release: Fighting Dirty wins major campaign victory as Government announces plan to regulate ‘toxic’ sewage sludge | Fighting Dirty The campaigning environmental group, Fighting Dirty, is today celebrating a landmark victory following the release of the long-awaited Independent Water Commission Report, which recommends regulating ...

Great news. At
@fightingdirty.bsky.social we lost our court case on sewage sludge spreading, but now we're winning by other means.
It's crazy that it took so long, but shows that persistence pays. Please support FD if you can. Thanks.
fightingdirty.org/press-releas...

This is a huge victory 🎉 only made possible thanks to all of you who have supported our work.

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Needless to say we will be keeping an eye on this and making sure it is implemented in a timely way.

Major victory’ for campaigners as Environment Agency agrees to tackle UK tyre exports to India following threat of legal action | Fighting Dirty The legal campaign group, Fighting Dirty, has secured a major victory after receiving a letter from the Environment Agency (EA) committing to undertake a review of its approach to waste tyre shipments...

UPDATE: The Environment Agency has told us that their review of their regulatory position for waste tyre exports (more on this here fightingdirty.org/major-victor...) will now be published on the 31st July - more than a month after they were originally aiming to.

Watch this space.

If you're not already following our amigos at @fidrango.bsky.social do now. They do incredibly important work.

Toxic Pfas above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested Exclusive: 110 of 117 bodies of water tested by Environment Agency would fail standards, with levels in fish 322 times the planned limit

Inaction isn't an option 👇

“Every day of inaction locks in decades of pollution and environmental harm … we’re asking the UK government to turn off the tap of these persistent forever chemicals.” @fidrango.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Open statement by leading environmentalists demands government action over “toxic cocktail of chemicals” spread on British farmland | Fighting Dirty In the UK, we have a dirty secret that’s recently been brought into the light. Sewage sludge, we now know, contains far more than just human waste. Not only does a wide range of synthetic chemicals po...

Our legal case has shown that "at least since 2017" - since then the EA tried, repeatedly, to take action BUT were not granted the "ministerial steer" they needed. That is what we now need fightingdirty.org/open-stateme...

Thanks Vicki - your support means the world!

Mums for Lungs calls for public transparency in Dieselgate hearing — Mums for Lungs As part of our ongoing Dieselgate campaign, we attended the Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation hearing at the High Court this week. This is the next stage in our campaign to ensure public transparency...

As part of our ongoing #Dieselgate campaign, we attended the Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation hearing at the High Court this week. This is the next stage in our campaign to push for public transparency and #OpenJustice in the upcoming £6 billion Dieselgate trial, scheduled for October.

Huge hat tip to our friends at @riveractionuk.bsky.social and Hugh for illustrating the issues here so clearly.

If you're not already following @riveractionuk.bsky.social do now - they're campaign on #sewagesludge is taking our concerns on the subject to the heart of government!

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