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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Pippa Neill

Seventeen landfills in England make toxic liquid hazardous to drinking water

An earth mover and a person on a landfill site
The government said the report was anonymised and it could not locate the landfills Photograph: Britstock Images Ltd/Alamy

Seventeen landfills across England are known to be producing a highly toxic liquid substance containing some banned and potentially carcinogenic “forever chemicals”, in some cases at levels 260 times higher than that deemed safe for drinking water, it can be revealed.

However the government says it does not know where these landfills are.

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