Citizen science survey finds that one in ten people have become ill after swimming in UK rivers

More than one in 10 people have fallen ill directly as a result of exposure to polluted river water, according to the participants in a new citizen science project. This found that 11.4 per cent of participants believed they had become ill after coming into contact with sewage, agricultural run-off, heavy metals from disused mines and chemicals leaching from plastic in rivers, canals, streams, lakes and ponds – although it cannot be proved definitively that that was the cause of any illness. Even so, the figures provide valuable evidence about the potential health risks posed by polluted water to humans – which are disputed and about which little research has been done.

https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/ill-uk-polluted-rivers-citizen-sewage-project-2463374

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