Vince Green Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) A Manchester river has been found to have the worst level of microplastic pollution in the world apparently. I think I know why this is, so many houses have bathroom/ kitchen waste pipes dumping effluent into surface water drains. Extensions are particularly bad in this respect. They just route the pipes into the nearest drain. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bed-of-river-tame-in-manchester-has-world-s-worst-microplastic-pollution-xkpc7x989 Edited March 14, 2018 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchy trigger Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 saw an interview on the TV with a guy from Manchester university, cannot remember what channel, staged and carefully phrased, cynic that I am, between the lines I had the impression that not many rivers, if any, are tested to that level for that kind of pollution, specially selected output for the masses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cragman Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) Used to go ratting along that stretch of river in the sixties. In those days, there would be six inch t*#ds and tampax floating passed as you put a ferret in a hole. Our kid fished the same place a few years ago. It’s nice and clean now? Edited March 13, 2018 by cragman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 12 hours ago, cragman said: Used to go ratting along that stretch of river in the sixties. In those days, there would be six inch t*#ds and tampax floating passed as you put a ferret in a hole. Our kid fished the same place a few years ago. It’s nice and clean now? What they are saying is it looks cleaner but its not in reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny tim Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 My god it’s got to be cleaner .when I was a kid as cragman says it was full of ***** and tampons ...hunted rats on there loads of times ..the water was black..nothing lived in it...it was toxic now salmon run up it.....a friend of mine fished it lower down and caught salmon parr anythings an improvement to what it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Is this not the bits of plastic used in toothpaste etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 24 minutes ago, old man said: Is this not the bits of plastic used in toothpaste etc? yea and hand soaps and face scrubs. In quite a lot of stuff I saw on telly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 16 hours ago, old man said: Is this not the bits of plastic used in toothpaste etc? Yes exactly, toothpaste, hand cleaners, etc and a lot of domestic cleaners used in kitchens and bathrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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