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Outrage over loch polluted by plastic waste from fish farm company

Rob Edwards on October 10, 2019October 14, 2019

A sea loch on the west coast of Scotland prized for its wildlife has been polluted by countless thousands of scraps of plastic waste from the manufacture of salmon farm cages on the shore.

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Mapped: the 45 lochs polluted by fish farm pesticides

Rob Edwards on February 28, 2017

At least 45 lochs around Scotland’s coast have been contaminated by toxic pesticides from fish farms that can harm wildlife and human health.

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