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Sacrifice zones are described by the UN as places where people suffer devastating physical and mental health consequences and human rights violations as a result of living in pollution hotspots and heavily contaminated areas. Greenpeace describes them as “geographical areas which are knowingly destroyed in the name of power and profit”.
Katta Alonso lives in one such place. She leads the group, Women of the Sacrifice Zone in Quintero, Chile. In this episode she tells Leana and Rachel how their once beautiful coastal town has become a living nightmare. Hundreds of children have been hospitalised as a result of chemical leaks from the nearby industrial zone and they have one of the highest cancer rates in Chile. Theirs is of course not the only community living next door to heavily polluting facilities. David Boyd, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, shared his expertise on sacrifice zones across the world.
In each episode, investigative journalists Rachel Salvidge and Leana Hosea bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Someone on the frontline of the water crisis.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.Find out more about Rachel and Leana's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
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In this briefing, Leana and Rachel speak to Louisa Casson of Greenpeace, about the battle between miners and environmentalists over the treasure trove of metals at the bottom of the oceans. Casson sheds light on the recent efforts to get Greenpeace thrown out of the of the UN body overseeing controversial plans to begin deep-sea mining.
Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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When UPL's warehouse in Durban was set on fire in 2021, the toxic agrochemicals it housed washed into the river and out to sea, causing a huge marine die-off. Environmental Goldman Prize Winner, Desmond D'Sa, tells us how the catastrophe is still effecting locals, many of whom relied on the sea for their livelihoods.
Some of the pesticides were banned in the EU and numerous other countries. There's been no ongoing health monitoring, but one report showed the chemical inferno "more than doubled" the risk of heart disease and lung cancer. There has been no evidence of deaths directly related to the accident.
This is just one example of the catastrophes that can unfold when things go wrong, but some industrial complexes are polluting our seas as part of their day to day processes. We’ve recently published a couple of stories on this. One about the potential for mercury to be leaching out of abandoned oil and gas pipelines at the bottom of the North Sea:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/24/abandoned-oil-gas-pipelines-poison-pollution-risk-north-sea-scientists
Another about how long-banned and toxic substances called PCBs are still being manufactured in huge volumes as byproducts when other chemicals are made:
https://watershedinvestigations.com/industry-could-be-producing-more-cancer-causing-pcb-chemicals-today-than-at-any-other-point-in-history-despite-their-production-having-been-banned-more-than-40-years-ago/
So much of this chemical pollution in our oceans goes unmonitored. Elsie Sunderland, Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Harvard University, tells us how a new initiative - Back to Blue - seeks to address this problem.
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A toxic cocktail of damaging chemicals created by road pollution is flowing into England’s rivers and no regulator is monitoring the scale of its impact on wildlife or public health. In this special episode - a collaboration with the Planet Possible podcast - Rachel Salvidge, Leana Hosea and Planet Possible host Niki Roach dig into the lesser known problem of river pollution from roads, speaking to the Environment Agency's director of water Helen Wakeham, National Highways' director of environmental sustainability Stephen Elderkin, and Stormwater Shepherds' director of operations Jo Bradley.
See more of Watershed's work on toxic road runoff pollution in the Guardian:
Hundreds of potentially toxic road runoff outfalls polluting England’s rivers
In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Someone on the frontline of the water crisis.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.Find out more about Rachel and Leana's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Approx. fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 50 minutes
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The people of Gaza are on the frontline of a water crisis. Since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing 1200 Israelis and taking hostages, Gaza has been under unprecedented bombardment, killing more than 28,000 Palestininans, many of them children. Most of the population are displaced and living in unsanitary conditions, with soaring rates of infectious diseases linked to polluted water and lack of sanitation. Children in Gaza have barely a drop to drink, according to UNICEF.
In this episode Leana and Rachel examine the historic and current water crisis, speaking with:
Dr Shaddad Attili, lead Palestinian negotiator for water at the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Ramallah in the West Bank.
Professor Alon Tal of Tel Aviv University, an environmentalist and water management expert, who has founded several Israeli environmental organisations and was recently a Member of the Knesset with the Blue and White centrist zionist coalition.
Professor William Schabas of Middlesex University, an international expert on human rights, international criminal law and genocide and was the head of a UN Committee investigating the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.
Professor Mark Zeitoun of the Geneva Water Hub, a policy institute which focuses on hydro-diplomacy to prevent and resolve water-related conflicts.
In each episode, investigative journalists Rachel Salvidge and Leana Hosea bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Someone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.
Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 1 hour
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In this special episode, Leana and Rachel discuss their new film in which they travel the country testing for toxic PFAS 'forever chemical' pollution at hotspots around Britain. Find out which river is carrying one of the highest loads of PFAS in the world and how a PFAS factory is discharging a category 1 carcinogen into protected waters. The film is released on 19 February at: https://www.endsreport.com/toxic
In each episode, investigative journalists Rachel Salvidge and Leana Hosea bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Someone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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The paradise islands of Tuvalu are disappearing beneath the waves as climate change bites. Grace Malie, a Tuvaluan Youth Delegate from the Rising Nations Initiative speaks from COP28 about her hopes and fears and reluctance to abandon her home. Then Margaret Leinen, the Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, sets out her hopes for more ocean action at the COP in Dubai.
In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Someone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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We bust the myth of recycling, expose the harassment of scientists, discuss waste colonialism, and find out who walked out of the Plastic Treaty negotiations. Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge talk to Ahmed Tiamiyu, the Executive Director of the Community Action Against Plastic Waste and Professor Bethanie Carney Almroth, an eco-toxicologist from the University of Gothenburg and a Steering Committee member of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Both were at the Plastic Treaty negotiations in Nairobi and they give us in the inside scoop.
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Former US EPA official Kyla Bennett talks about her exposure to cancer-linked PFAS chemicals, and Rob Bilott, the lawyer described as 'DuPont's worst nightmare' and who is played by Mark Ruffalo in the Hollywood film Dark Waters, tells Rachel and Leana how he is escalating his legal challenge against the manufacturers of PFAS. Manmade PFAS chemicals are widespread in the environment and they're likely to be in the blood of everyone on the planet, which is very bad news because some of them have been linked to cancers, and liver and thyroid disease among others.
In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Someone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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In this 15 minute briefing, Leana and Rachel pour over Labour's pledges to crack down on the water companies and their other environment promises at the party conference. How much is new, how does it compare to Tory plans and what wasn't said. The devil is always in the detail.
Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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Rachel and Leana hear how the beloved River Wye has spiralled from a "crystal clear" natural paradise to a "pea green" algal bloom soup in one man's lifetime. Fly fishing guide Nathan Jubb talks about life on the river and how he places the blamed for its pollution squarely at the feet of agriculture, specifically chicken farms. Then Greenpeace's chief scientific adviser Dr Doug Parr rails against the government's "cowardice" and "morally culpable error" in rowing back on its climate commitments.
In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Someone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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In these 10 minute briefings, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge discuss the latest news developments. In this episode they explore the anger around the government's plans to discard protections for rivers against sewage and farm pollution. They also reveal the government's reduction in river testing.
Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Ad hoc
Duration: Approx. 10 minutes
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Rachel and Leana hear how the government has "wasted the last 10 years or so in terms of making proper preparations for the way the climate is changing", according to Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who advises the UK government on preparing for climate change. She says there has been "underinvestment and underpreparation" while temperatures in Europe are "rising at about twice the global average". They also hear from an angry Guy Singh-Watson, owner of Riverford Organic farms, who's lost crops due to drought and who is embarrassed to have to pump water from a stream until it's dried up, when he would rather get help to build a reservoir.
In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Someone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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Cape Town teeters on the edge of Day Zero - the time when water will no longer flow from its taps. But poorer residents are first the feel the thirst and say water rationing is slowly killing them. Rachel and Leana speak to Cape Town residents, including Faeza Meyer from the African Water Commons Collective, about the desperate situation, and interview Professor Hannah Cloke from the University of Reading, whose new study shows that it is the 'elite' - people who have swimming pools and large gardens - who are driving water crisis just as much as climate change and population growth.
In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Somone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management. A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.From: Watershed Investigations https://watershedinvestigations.com/ @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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Rachel and Leana interview Nyombi Morris, an environmental activist who was flooded out of his home in Uganda, where drought and locusts are also causing death and displacement. Then Sir David King, former chief scientific adviser to prime ministers Blair, Brown, Cameron and May, explains how he plans to reverse the climate crisis by refreezing the Arctic, and reacts to Nyombi's accusations that the West has reneged on its climate finance promises.
In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Somone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.
Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
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Rachel and Leana tackle the malodorous issue of raw sewage pollution. Human waste flows through the UK's rivers and seas, fuelling outrage among the population, not least in former rock and pop star Feargal Sharkey, whose righteous fury has kept the scandal at the top of the agenda in the mainstream media and ruffled more than a few feathers in government. In this episode, Sharkey digs into the root causes of what he calls a "catastrophic failure of regulation" and lends his support to direct action as a last resort, when the grown-ups have failed to act. Leana and Rachel also hear from Tom Haward, an oysterman whose family has cultivated oysters in Essex for centuries and who is taking the government to court in a bid to protect his business from future pollution.
In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:
Somone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i
Frequency: Fortnightly
Duration: Approx. 20 minutes
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
