• Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers

    A study of Yorkshire’s rivers is helping scientists understand the impact everyday pollutants are having on waterways – and the results are soberingPhotographs by Christopher ThomondRivers carry more than just water through Britain’s landscapes. A hidden cocktail of chemicals seeps out of farmland, passes undetected through sewage treatment works, and drains off the roads into the country’s rivers. Normally these chemicals flow through unreported, silently restructuring e

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