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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Harry Cockburn

E Coli levels test ‘dangerously high’ in Potomac River after sewage spill: report

‘Oh my god, the smell is horrific’, workers say after enormous sewage spill - (AP)

A toxic plume of contamination is sweeping down the Potomac River after a massive sewage‑pipe failure sent hundreds of millions of gallons of waste into the waterway, a report says.

E. coli levels at some sites are now thousands of times above what’s considered safe, according to NBC News.

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