The addicted fish still had traces of meth in their brain tissue 10 days after their last exposure, researchers say. They conclude that even a low level of drug pollution in the water can have a ...

It previously said the dead fish included trout, eels and brook lamprey, while the pollution impacted the waterway from St Austell down to the coast at Pentewan. It said the river water had since ...

Pesticides have polluted waterways worldwide. Understanding the subtle effects of these chemicals on fish behaviour can help ...

Samples of fish killed by pollution were collected as part of an investigation into the deaths. The EA said it had no concerns about bathing water quality at Pentewan.

A water company has confirmed one of its treatment works was the source of pollution that killed thousands of fish in a Cornish river. Pennon Group, which owns South West Water, said the pollution ...

As the Environmental Protection Agency notes, rising global temperatures lead to bouts of heavy precipitation, which causes yet more runoff to contaminate the soil and water supplies. This ultimately ...

The UK’s largest water utilities company has been hit with a multi-million pound fine after failing to prevent “foreseeable” pollution which led to the decimation of local fish populations. Thames ...

It has contaminated the water source for more than 40 households, with fish dying as a result of the pollutants. A team of specialists from the provincial Department of Environment, in collaboration ...

The source of a pollution incident which killed thousands of fish in a Cornish river has been identified by government officials as lime. The Environment Agency (EA) said: "The pollutant was lime ...