Thank you @PrivateEyeNews for giving me such a great platform to discuss how lead from abandoned mines, old pipes and paint in our houses, could be poisoning hundreds of thousands of children a year here in the UK. https://t.co/FKENo4hiQv
I’m so honoured to have been chosen as the recipient of this award! Policy impact work is never easy but is incredibly important, so it’s amazing to be recognized for it
ICYMI - the July UK #inflation data contains some positive signs for the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, but a second consecutive rate cut isn't a certainty.
My latest view as covered by @WSJ 👇 https://t.co/xpotFREyed
In the footsteps of Kathleen Carpenter - Abandoned lead mines are leaving a toxic legacy on Wales’s farmland, wildlife and rivers @aisartorius@ConversationUK https://t.co/abIfph5vHi via @ConversationUK
I'm excited to announce the release of our latest UK economic forecast today! Putting this together, it was clear that there's some better times ahead for UK businesses and the economy
🧵of forecast highlights 👇
🚨Latest investigation into human health risks posed by old lead mines. This time in North Yorkshire.
This often invisible poison accumulates in soil where it is consumed by animals or seeps silently into food production and then on to humans. 🧵https://t.co/IQmYFj38Au
This is a full circle moment for me - a @voiceofyoungsci workshop got me interested in and gave me the tools to start sharing my research, and I’m looking forward to helping others get started!
Welsh government facing "urgent" calls to tackle risks posed by abandoned metal mines in Wales amid warnings of a potential "environmental and public health scandal" in the country.
Committee has written to ministers warning the current system "has failed to deliver.”
We are deeply concerned by what we have heard about metal mine pollution in Wales.
Unless urgent action is taken, the issue has the potential to become an environmental and public health scandal.
Read our letter to the Welsh Government 👇
https://t.co/i50CtyB99w
200,000 people in Wales live near land contaminated with heavy metals, MPs told.
Stephen Crabb says “whole set-up just isn’t fit for purpose for dealing with this problem and the scale of it." Adds: "It’s really concerning what we’ve heard".
https://t.co/lSqkRja55s via @ft
It was a pleasure to be part of this panel to share insights from my research into metal contamination. There’s still a lot of important work that needs to be done to study this issue and support the affected communities across Wales
Is enough being done to resolve metal mine pollution in Wales?
Tomorrow, we'll quiz academics and regulators about the extent of metal mine pollution in Wales and its possible impacts.
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/umnGKuc2yv
Over 100 years since the closure of mines in Wales, they're still polluting rivers. Lead pollution doesn't just go away by itself without active remediation efforts.
Three different mines, three different histories, one thing in common - sustained input of metals into rivers. My latest paper is now out in the Journal of Hydrology, looking at #Nantymwyn, #Frongoch and #ParysMountain metal mines:
https://t.co/yOxoKwE2L4