More than half a million tonnes of sewage sludge spread on Scotland's fields
Huge volumes of sewage sludge have been used to fertilise Scottish farmland. Studies show it contains microplastics, forever chemicals and cancer-linked pollutants.
Medicinal drugs have polluted Scotland’s waterways in breach of safety levels more than 2,300 times over seven years,
After this fact-check was first published on 18 March 2021, reports began emerging of a different rarer form of blood