The levels of cyanide in a Walsall canal impacted by a major chemical spill have “improved”, according to the organisation leading the clean-up operation.
About 4,000 litres (879 gallons) of sodium cyanide and other chemicals leaked into the canal on 12 August, closing a 12-mile stretch of the waterway and killing thousands of fish.
A clean-up operation by the Canal and River Trust (CRT) is underway, after it raised more than £20,000 to fund the work.
The companies should be paying for the cleanup, they can then appeal against the cleanup cost if they can prove it was not them. Had enough of this bullshit. Guilty until proven innocent for environmental damage