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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Daniel Shailer

High levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found off coast of southern England

A man and a woman with two small children standing on rocks by the sea use nets on poles to scoop up marine creatures. Tankers can be seen in the waterway behind them
A family looking for marine life on the Isle of Wight. The study found one source of Pfas was from treated effluent from Southern Water plants on the mainland. Photograph: Nikreates/Alamy

Scientists have found high levels of toxic Pfas, or “forever chemicals”, in soil, water and throughout the marine food chain in the UK’s Solent strait, including at protected environmental sites, according to a new study.

In some samples, pollution was 13 times the safe threshold for coastal waters. Others, which were below legal limits for individual chemicals, failed tests for combined toxicity.

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