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"The Silent Highwayman" (1858). Death rows on the Thames, claiming the lives of victims who have not paid to have the river cleaned up. The Great Stink was an event in Central London during July and August 1858 in which the hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated human waste and industrial effluent that was present on the banks of the River Thames.
The River Thames (/ t ɛ m z / ⓘ TEMZ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom , after the River Severn .
Just over 60 years after it was declared "biologically dead," England's River Thames had been hailed as an environmental success. Mammals like porpoises, seals and over 100 species of fish could ...
The history of environmental pollution traces human-dominated ecological systems from the earliest civilizations to the present day. [1] This history is characterized by the increased regional success of a particular society , followed by crises that were either resolved, producing sustainability , or not, leading to decline.
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Barges towed by a tugboat on the River Thames, seen in 2009 Containers of waste destined for Mucking Marshes Landfill are loaded onto a barge in central London. Mucking Marshes landfill was a major landfill site servicing London, close to the hamlet of Mucking, in Thurrock, Essex.
River Action, a campaign group, said the testing locations suggested the source of pollution was from utility company Thames Water discharging sewage directly into the river and its tributaries. Thames Water, Britain’s largest water company, is facing huge pressure to clear up the river, though it insists that the elevated levels of E.coli ...
From when the river comes into London it's next to motorways all the way down to the Thames," said Mr Bryden. "All of the heavy metals, oil, pollutants, forever chemicals go straight from the road ...