
Scientists say pollution probably wasn't the cause of last autumns mass shellfish mortality event on the Yorkshire Coast.
Government scientist investigating the mass die off of crabs and lobsters on the Yorkshire Coast last October say there is no sign that pollution was to blame.
Thousands of dead crustaceans washed up on North East beaches last October.
A DEFRA report into the incident concluded that a naturally occurring Algal Bloom was the most probably cause.
Mark Rice from the Environment Agency told a commons select committee this week that there was no evidence of pollution being a factor.
An alternate theory from academics at Newcastle University suggest the chemical Pyridine may be to blame they suggest it may have been released from sediment in the River Tees by Dredging
Mark Rice told the commons select committee that they did investigate potential pollution sources including industrial companies in Teesside.
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