Increase in London’s rat population

Title

Increase in London’s rat population

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

25 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

Julie Benson reports on a 30 percent increase in London’s rat population since the beginning of 1989. Weil’s disease, spread by rat urine in water, is on the increase too especially in the Thames. Includes interview with Terry Mills, Friends of the Earth; John Graham-Leigh, Thames Water; sounds effects.

Contributors

Julie Benson; Terry Mills; John Graham-Leigh

Keywords

London; Environment; Diseases; Water pollution; River Thames; Thames Water; Friends of the Earth; Rats; Pests; Water companies

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