The levels of cyanide in a Walsall canal impacted by a major chemical spill have “improved”, according to the organisation leading the clean-up operation.

About 4,000 litres (879 gallons) of sodium cyanide and other chemicals leaked into the canal on 12 August, closing a 12-mile stretch of the waterway and killing thousands of fish.

A clean-up operation by the Canal and River Trust (CRT) is underway, after it raised more than £20,000 to fund the work.

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    3 months ago

    That headline can be read in at least 2 ways…

    • frazorth
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      3 months ago

      I assume that’s the intention. I read it “the other way” at first.