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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Robin Eveleigh and Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Chicken farms may explain decline of the River Wye, tests suggest

The River Wye near Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire.
The River Wye near Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire. Photograph: Simon Whaley Landscapes/Alamy

Campaigners have revealed the results of farmland testing which provides new evidence of the potential link between intensive poultry units and the decline of the River Wye.

Citizen scientists sampled farmland along public footpaths near a tributary to the river in Herefordshire. They discovered the soil with the highest levels of phosphorus, which can blight a river, were close to intensive poultry units.

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