Have you watched ‘In Our Blood: The Forever Chemicals Scandal’?
Our journalist @pippaneill.bsky.social, featured in the documentary on ITVX, has followed the story of Bentham, its people, and PFAS for years.
Now, first-of-its-kind testing has lifted the lid on a new chapter in that story ⚠️
“Alarming” levels of forever chemicals have been found in the blood of residents living near to a firefighting foam factory in North Yorkshire, an ITV Exposure and ENDS Report investigation has revealed.
To find out more, tune in to 'In Our Blood' at 10:15pm, this Sunday, on ITV1 or ITVX 🎬
To win big, Reform UK needs to appeal to a wider base than it currently does – and it's eyeing green-minded Tories.
While some say helping Reform develop stronger env.policies is no bad thing, here's why I think it's far from a comfortable place for the sector..
www.endsreport.com/article/1948...
NEW: Lawyers ‘gathering views’ after government throws out all species protection proposals from own scientists
www.endsreport.com/article/1944... with comment from @richardbenwell.bsky.social @jasonreeves80.bsky.social @ruthchambers.bsky.social
Find our Boy Wasted series on @endsreport.com's Eco Chamber feed, wherever you get your podcasts.
With incredible reporting from Adnan Khan, hosted by
@danielashby.bsky.social, @lucytaylorpro.bsky.social & UK probing by me & @pippaneill.bsky.social. With support from @journalismfund.bsky.social.
Catch Adnan Khan & me speaking to @katelaycock.bsky.social from Deutsche Welle's Inside Europe podcast about Boy Wasted - our podcast telling the story of a body found in a bale of plastic in Turkey - and what it has to do with us in western Europe.
At 31 mins 👇
www.dw.com/en/inside-eu...
Great to hear @tesscolley.bsky.social and Adnan Khan discuss the findings of our podcast Boy Wasted on Inside Europe (31 mins in!)
"9 million containers pass through British ports every year and there are five Environment Agency officers in England checking them"
www.dw.com/en/inside-eu...
Was delighted to join a panel Labour Party conference this week to talk about ENDS' true crime investigation - Boy Wasted.
The audience heard how our findings showed that plastic waste is a ‘public health emergency’ - not just an environmental one 👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1933...
Read my comment piece on what I saw at this year's Liverpudlian jambouree, and what it has to say about Labour's thinking on 'nature v housing'..
@endsreport.com
www.endsreport.com/article/1934...
Labour Conference: ‘Houses should never have been built’ near the AGC chemicals factory in Blackpool the constituency MP told delegates
The factory is currently at the centre of a contaminated land investigation in relation to PFAS pollution
www.endsreport.com/article/1933...
If govt brings forward a new planning bill it will most likely be a 'Nature Bill' to replace EU-derived nature protections, a former No.10 advisor on housing told me at Lab Party Conference 👇
Gov says 'just speculation', but that's not the feeling on the ground..
www.endsreport.com/article/1934...
A mix of No Farmers No Food and anti-digital ID protestors - mostly all with the same Farmers to Action branded placards - plus lots of England and Union Jack flags thrown in, outside the opening day of Labour Party Conference yesterday
This is today!
If you’re at Labour Conference come and join us at 2pm 👇
At the Labour Party Conference @barrygardiner.bsky.social MP is convening a panel I'll be speaking on to discuss the findings of Boy Wasted, and the tonnes of plastic we in the UK export abroad.
2pm at Solidarity Cafe in the Staybridge Suites on 28th Sept
Come join!
www.solidaritycafe.com
The panel at 2pm on 28 Sept at the Staybridge Suites features:
Chair: @barrygardiner.bsky.social MP
@lucytaylorpro.bsky.social - Producer @Smoketrail
@willmccallum.bsky.social - Greenpeace UK
Dan Cooke - Chartered Institute of Waste Mangmnt
And me - @endsreport.com dep. editor
Boy Wasted - out now
At the Labour Party Conference @barrygardiner.bsky.social MP is convening a panel I'll be speaking on to discuss the findings of Boy Wasted, and the tonnes of plastic we in the UK export abroad.
2pm at Solidarity Cafe in the Staybridge Suites on 28th Sept
Come join!
www.solidaritycafe.com
An MP is starting a campaign 'for real change' following a joint ENDS investigation revealing that 🚨 hundreds of boys & men have died 🚨 in recycling plants in Turkey – a top UK plastic export destination.
He'll launch it at Labour Party conference with a panel...
www.endsreport.com/article/1933...
🚨Are you going to Labour Party Conference?
On Sunday, ENDS' @tesscolley.bsky.social,
will be speaking on a panel at 2pm to discuss our new true crime podcast, Boy Wasted, and the issue of plastic exports, crime, and recycling.
Join her at Solidarity Cafe ⬇️
solidaritycafe.com
🚨🎧📣🎙️Listen to the EcoChamber podcast to hear @tesscolley.bsky.social and I discuss my investigation into a chemical company near Blackpool, which is producing products containing a carcinogenic & banned chemical and emitting it to air
(It's free to listen!)
www.endsreport.com/article/1933...
'We thought we were looking into one mysterious body..but what emerged was a whole broken system full of criminality & death'
Our Boy Wasted investigation reveals a bloody underworld at the bottom of your recycling bin.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
I'm looking forward to attending this event at the Labour Party Conference next week, where Lucy Taylor and @tesscolley.bsky.social
will discuss our Boy Wasted podcast.
The event will be hosted by Labour MP and Environmental Audit Committee member Barry Gardiner
www.solidaritycafe.com
The UK's biggest export is waste..
..but the Environment Agency only has five full time port officers across all of England.
This and more in our new true crime podcast - Boy Wasted.
Listen to the series on @endsreport.com's Eco Chamber podcast feed now 👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
🚨🚨Campaigners have called on the government to ban all plastic waste exports following a joint ENDS investigation out yesterday.
It revealed hundreds of boys and men have been killed in recycling factories in Turkey - a top destination for UK waste exports👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...
Produced by the award-winning team behind the BBC's 'Buried' series and published by @endsreport.com & @groene.nl.
With incredible reporting from Adnan Khan, hosted by
@danielashby.bsky.social @ @lucytaylorpro.bsky.social & UK probing by me & @pippaneill.bsky.social.
Please listen, and share!
What does the body of a boy found in a bale of plastic have to do with what you put in your recycling bin?
More than you might like to think.
Boy Wasted, a new true podcast that lifts the lid on the underbelly of the global plastics industry.
🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts - OUT NOW ❗
NEW: Calls for plastic exports ban as investigation reveals hundreds of boys and men killed in recycling factories in Turkey.
Boy Wasted, our three-part podcast exposes hundreds of deaths in recycling facilities. Search for it now wherever you get your podcasts.
🔴 EXCLUSIVE 🔴 The Environment Agency is allowing a chemicals factory to produce products containing a globally banned PFAS chemical – and release it to air.
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🚨 Boy Wasted, a new true crime podcast revealing a terrible truth about what we throw in our recycling bins, is *****out tomorrow*****.
You don't want to miss it - subscribe to the Eco Chamber now to get it in your feed, wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
A bale of plastic.
A mystery body.
A global investigation.
Next week we release something a bit special -
'Boy Wasted' - a new true crime podcast series.
This has been a massive, heart-breaking project!
Please share & subscribe to the Eco Chamber now to get it in your podcast feed.
Do you like true crime podcasts?
Do you like the environment?
Then listen to 'Boy Wasted', made by the team behind the BBC's Buried series.
It all starts with a body found in a bale of plastic. Finding out who he was takes you into the depths of plastics industry.
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