22 tonnes of microplastics are dumped on farms PER DAY via sewage sludge (www.theguardian.com)

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Great work by Tess Colley, an award-winning environmental journalist. Emails & documents she obtained through the Freedom of Information Act have exposed how this & other alarming warnings have been sat on for years.

This follows Rachel Salvidge's story where a water industry insider described sludge as "a Trojan horse" with toxic contaminants (PFAS, microplastics etc) threatening "the long-term sustainability of humanity’s farmland".

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/07/toxic-sewage-sludge-british-farming-pfas-chemicals

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