UK oil refinery broke toxic pollution limits dozens of times, documents reveal
Pollution was spilled into local rivers and protected sites, documents shared with the BBC suggest.
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"Species like dunlin, black-tailed godwit and redshank will travel all around the world to feed and roost in the land around the River Mersey."
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Pollution was spilled into local rivers and protected sites, documents shared with the BBC suggest.
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