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> (UK becoming the dirtiest and sickest country of Europe one more time) Big Yawn
by monkey_monkey 3mo ago
> (UK becoming the dirtiest and sickest country of Europe one more time)
Big Yawn
- subscribed 3mo agoDon't let the facts to discourage you from yawning. > [1] Of the reported 22,289 bathing waters across Europe (EU-27, Albania and Switzerland) in 2025, 84% were rated excellent quality. This share reached 85% at the EU level. [1] https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/european-bathing-water-quality-in-2025 https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/european-... > [2] In 2025, 297 bathing waters in England (66.1 per cent) met the Excellent standard Note the sharply increasing amount of "Poor" waters. And that's despite the methodology allowing to presence of untreated sewage and human faeces in the "excellent" waters: https://www.theferret.scot/scottish-beaches-excellent-polluted-sewage/ https://www.theferret.scot/scottish-beaches-excellent-pollut... [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/bathing-water-quality-statistics/2025-statistics-on-english-coastal-and-inland-bathing-waters-a-summary-of-compliance-with-the-bathing-water-amendment-england-and-wales-regulatio https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/bathing-water-quali... With treatment waiting times, dental treatment availability and deaths while waiting for the ambulance I don't think I need to get into gory details.