The Teesside freeport is set to go ahead despite environmental concerns, with mass marine die-off blamed on 'mystery pathogen' 🔴 SteveRobson04
The mass die off of marine life in the North East is not related to dredging and was most likely caused by a mystery virus, a new report commissioned by the Government says.
This would include crucial dredging work that is needed at South Bank Quay to open up the Teesside freeport to large vessels. The report says: “Considering all available evidence about Teesside dredging the panel considers it very unlikely that release of any toxic chemical, including pyridine, due to maintenance dredging could have caused the deaths.”
However, the panel does believe an unknown virus is the most likely cause, despite any lack of direct evidence that such a virus exists. Professor Tammy Horton noted that there have been similar mass die offs of marine life, citing the case of millions of lobsters on the North East coast of the US in 1999.Prof Horton said if a virus is killing crustaceans in the North East, it would not be a threat to humans either.
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