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Revealed: the 'shocking' levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water
Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards.
One in 20 tap water tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, at or above US government limits, according to a Guardian analysis of a City of Chicago data trove.
And one-third had more lead than is permitted in bottled water.
This means that out of the 24,000 tests, approximately 1,000 homes had lead exceeding federal standards. Experts and locals say these results raise broader concerns, because there are an estimated 400,000 lead pipes supplying water to homes in the city, and the vast majority were not tested as part of the program.
The Guardian worked with water engineer Elin Betanzo - who helped uncover the Flint water crisis that resulted in many, mostly Black residents being poisoned by lead in the Michigan city - to review the results of water tests conducted for Chicago residents between 2016 and 2021.
Construction on West Armitage Avenue in Chicago, IL on August 29, 2022. On Chicago’s Northside the ongoing and laborious job of replacing lead service lines has been going on for years on West Armitage Avenue on the border of Logan Square and Humboldt Park.
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Revealed: the 'shocking' levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water
Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards.
One in 20 tap water tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, at or above US government limits, according to a Guardian analysis of a City of Chicago data trove.
And one-third had more lead than is permitted in bottled water.
This means that out of the 24,000 tests, approximately 1,000 homes had lead exceeding federal standards. Experts and locals say these results raise broader concerns, because there are an estimated 400,000 lead pipes supplying water to homes in the city, and the vast majority were not tested as part of the program.
The Guardian worked with water engineer Elin Betanzo - who helped uncover the Flint water crisis that resulted in many, mostly Black residents being poisoned by lead in the Michigan city - to review the results of water tests conducted for Chicago residents between 2016 and 2021.
Chicago’s Southside neighborhood of Little Village on August 25, 2022. Little Village is a vibrant community made up of mostly Latino residents, many of the homes have lead service lines leading into their homes.
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Revealed: the 'shocking' levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water
Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards.
One in 20 tap water tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, at or above US government limits, according to a Guardian analysis of a City of Chicago data trove.
And one-third had more lead than is permitted in bottled water.
This means that out of the 24,000 tests, approximately 1,000 homes had lead exceeding federal standards. Experts and locals say these results raise broader concerns, because there are an estimated 400,000 lead pipes supplying water to homes in the city, and the vast majority were not tested as part of the program.
The Guardian worked with water engineer Elin Betanzo - who helped uncover the Flint water crisis that resulted in many, mostly Black residents being poisoned by lead in the Michigan city - to review the results of water tests conducted for Chicago residents between 2016 and 2021.
Chicago’s Southside neighborhood of Little Village on August 25, 2022. Little Village is a vibrant community made up of mostly Latino residents, many of the homes have lead service lines leading into their homes.
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Revealed: the 'shocking' levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water
Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards.
One in 20 tap water tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, at or above US government limits, according to a Guardian analysis of a City of Chicago data trove.
And one-third had more lead than is permitted in bottled water.
This means that out of the 24,000 tests, approximately 1,000 homes had lead exceeding federal standards. Experts and locals say these results raise broader concerns, because there are an estimated 400,000 lead pipes supplying water to homes in the city, and the vast majority were not tested as part of the program.
The Guardian worked with water engineer Elin Betanzo - who helped uncover the Flint water crisis that resulted in many, mostly Black residents being poisoned by lead in the Michigan city - to review the results of water tests conducted for Chicago residents between 2016 and 2021.
Little Village neighborhood on August 25, 2022, on the Southside of Chicago, is home to many Latino residents who have lead service lines into their homes.
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Revealed: the 'shocking' levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water
Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards.
One in 20 tap water tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, at or above US government limits, according to a Guardian analysis of a City of Chicago data trove.
And one-third had more lead than is permitted in bottled water.
This means that out of the 24,000 tests, approximately 1,000 homes had lead exceeding federal standards. Experts and locals say these results raise broader concerns, because there are an estimated 400,000 lead pipes supplying water to homes in the city, and the vast majority were not tested as part of the program.
The Guardian worked with water engineer Elin Betanzo - who helped uncover the Flint water crisis that resulted in many, mostly Black residents being poisoned by lead in the Michigan city - to review the results of water tests conducted for Chicago residents between 2016 and 2021.
A line of homes in Chicago’s Northside neighborhood of Belmont Cragin on August 25, 2022. Belmont Cragin is home to many Latino families, many of the homes have lead service lines leading into their home, resulting in high levels of lead in their water.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Caroline Smith and Katie Conboy.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Caroline Smith and Katie Conboy.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Jack McAuley-Howard, (on paddleboard).
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Jack McAuley-Howard, (on paddleboard).
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
The United Utilities water treatment plant at Ambleside.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
The United Utilities water treatment plant at Ambleside.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
The United Utilities water treatment plant at Ambleside.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
The United Utilities water treatment plant at Ambleside.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
© Mark Pinder / Guardian / eyevine
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
© Mark Pinder / Guardian / eyevine
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'It stinks': Windermere plagued by blue-green algae as 'toxic as cobra venom'
Campaigners accused of 'scaremongering' despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines.
All summer Pete Kelly has been paddling around Windermere collecting water samples for the sort of bacteria that upset swimmers' stomachs - officially for a Dutch academic project, but also as the owner of Swim The Lakes, an adventure swimming company.
Pete was supposed to be leading 15 swimmers on the Millerground Mile, a guided swim from Windermere's western shore. But after multiple positive bacteria tests this summer, plus confirmed cases of poisonous blue-green algae at 10 different spots around the lake in the past month alone, he has switched the swim to nearby Rydal Water.
Green algae and water quality on Windermere Lake, Cumbria.
Pete Kelly of Swim the Lakes taking water samples.
23rd August 2022.
© Mark Pinder / Guardian / eyevine
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FEATURE - Extraktion von Schlangengift in Bangkok
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12810872e)
Thai Red Cross staff restrain a poisonous snake while extracting its venom at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute in Bangkok.
Snake venom is collected at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute, a research center associated with the Thai Red Cross Society. Since 1923, the establishmentóalso known as the Bangkok Snake Farmóhas raised venomous snakes for venom extraction and production of antivenom for Thailand and surrounding regions where venomous snakes are endemic. The institute also serves as a museum to inform the general public about snakes in Thailand.
Snake Venom Extraction in Bangkok, Thailand - 17 Feb 2022
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FEATURE - Extraktion von Schlangengift in Bangkok
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12810872j)
A man holds the head of a poisonous snake while extracting its venom at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute in Bangkok.
Snake venom is collected at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute, a research center associated with the Thai Red Cross Society. Since 1923, the establishmentóalso known as the Bangkok Snake Farmóhas raised venomous snakes for venom extraction and production of antivenom for Thailand and surrounding regions where venomous snakes are endemic. The institute also serves as a museum to inform the general public about snakes in Thailand.
Snake Venom Extraction in Bangkok, Thailand - 17 Feb 2022
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FEATURE - Extraktion von Schlangengift in Bangkok
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12810872m)
A man holds the head of a poisonous snake while extracting its venom at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute in Bangkok.
Snake venom is collected at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute, a research center associated with the Thai Red Cross Society. Since 1923, the establishmentóalso known as the Bangkok Snake Farmóhas raised venomous snakes for venom extraction and production of antivenom for Thailand and surrounding regions where venomous snakes are endemic. The institute also serves as a museum to inform the general public about snakes in Thailand.
Snake Venom Extraction in Bangkok, Thailand - 17 Feb 2022
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FEATURE - Extraktion von Schlangengift in Bangkok
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12810872l)
A spectator takes a photo of a man holding a glass of poisonous snake venom after extracting it in front of an audience at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute in Bangkok.
Snake venom is collected at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute, a research center associated with the Thai Red Cross Society. Since 1923, the establishmentóalso known as the Bangkok Snake Farmóhas raised venomous snakes for venom extraction and production of antivenom for Thailand and surrounding regions where venomous snakes are endemic. The institute also serves as a museum to inform the general public about snakes in Thailand.
Snake Venom Extraction in Bangkok, Thailand - 17 Feb 2022
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FEATURE - Extraktion von Schlangengift in Bangkok
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12810872n)
A man is seen holding a glass of poisonous snake venom after extracting it in front of an audience at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute in Bangkok.
Snake venom is collected at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute, a research center associated with the Thai Red Cross Society. Since 1923, the establishmentóalso known as the Bangkok Snake Farmóhas raised venomous snakes for venom extraction and production of antivenom for Thailand and surrounding regions where venomous snakes are endemic. The institute also serves as a museum to inform the general public about snakes in Thailand.
Snake Venom Extraction in Bangkok, Thailand - 17 Feb 2022
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. Beirutis get straight to work clearing up the damage in the capital's Geitawi neighbourhood following a huge explosion at the port. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0398/2008051044/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. Two men sit near the capital's port area following a huge explosion at a atorage facility. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0393/2008051043/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. The capital's port area following a huge explosion at a atorage facility. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0392/2008051043/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. The capital's port area following a huge explosion at a atorage facility. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0391/2008051043/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. Soldiers look for three people known to be trapped under rubble in the Geitawi neighbourhood following a huge explosion at the capital's port. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0387/2008051043/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. Geitawi Hospital had to lay the deceased on the ground outside after they were inundated with wounded Beirutis following a huge explosion at the capital's port. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0385/2008051042/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051043 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. A red plume, thought to be ammonium nitrate being stored in a warehouse, rises from Beirut port following a huge explosion. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0381/2008051042/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051043 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. The capital's port area following a huge explosion at a atorage facility. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0394/2008051043/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. Men sit and watch the devastation on Armenia Street in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood following a huge explosion at the capital's port. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0388/2008051043/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. The capital's port area following a huge explosion at a atorage facility. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0390/2008051043/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. Mannequins lie sprawled in a damaged clothing shop in the capital's Geitawi neighbourhood following a huge explosion at the port. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0397/2008051044/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051045 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. Women and a child sit outside St George's Hospital covered in blood. They were unable to get immediate treatment due to inundation with similarly wounded Beirutis following a huge explosion at the capital's port. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0384/2008051042/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051043 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
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Explosion rocks capital, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020. A red plume, thought to be ammonium nitrate being stored in a warehouse, rises from Beirut port following a huge explosion. The blast wave from the detonation caused damage to buildings up to six miles away, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4000 people. Elizabeth Fitt//FITTELIZABETH_liban0382/2008051042/Credit:Elizabeth Fitt/SIPA/2008051043 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA) -
