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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>1. Why is it important that the deaths of crabs are looked into again?<br>* It could have implications for human health. <br>* Vital information was missing from original investigation.<br>* The (crab) fishing industry has been decimated.<br>* The die-offs have continued. <a href=“https://t.co/agmqc59C7T”>pic.twitter.com/agmqc59C7T</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869477822529539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>2. If pollutants from the Tees or from the land next to the Tees killed the crabs then there is a possibility that those pollutants could also have serious implications for human health. That is for another thread, but in this one, let’s look at the possibility of pollution. <a href=“https://t.co/zvazzwaWg3”>pic.twitter.com/zvazzwaWg3</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869480070602754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>3. What information is new?<br>A report from the Tees Valley Combined Authority Chief Executive, dated 16th Dec 2021 was missing and is now available. <a href=“https://t.co/2UPMy9UTcF”>https://t.co/2UPMy9UTcF</a> <a href=“https://t.co/SXrOGjSyor”>pic.twitter.com/SXrOGjSyor</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869482109128704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>4. We knew that capital dredging had not started before the initial die-off in October 2021, that is why the DEFRA panel scientists from the initial DEFRA panel concluded that the probability of capital dredging causing the die-offs was <1%. <a href=“https://t.co/pSNicvwjCQ”>pic.twitter.com/pSNicvwjCQ</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869486622179329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>5. However, now that the 16th December report is available, we now know that there had been work taking place to re-shape the river bank from the land.<a href=“https://t.co/2UPMy9Vr2d”>https://t.co/2UPMy9Vr2d</a> <a href=“https://t.co/t1QVS8adbA”>pic.twitter.com/t1QVS8adbA</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869490028126208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>6. As Andy McDonald, MP says: “Pursuant to the creation of the new and deeper South Bank Wharf before the crustacean mortality disaster, there had in fact been land based excavations that removed masses of riverbank material.” <a href=“https://t.co/839W0kNcyW”>pic.twitter.com/839W0kNcyW</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869493307826177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>7. McDonald: “It’s fully accepted… the land at the wharf is highly contaminated and it remains so whether the material is dug out and removed by dredgers… from the river or whether the contaminated material is removed by diggers and excavators based on the land.” <a href=“https://t.co/IFc44Y8LH2”>pic.twitter.com/IFc44Y8LH2</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869496596406272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>8. In this planning document, the areas M and D are where the Quay is being built. These areas have the high risk contaminants: PCBs, asbestos, hydrocarbons, heavy metals and metalloids, sulphates, suphides and other organic and inorganic compounds. <a href=“https://t.co/XT8KNZmxhk”>pic.twitter.com/XT8KNZmxhk</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869500941545474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>9. This image shows the location of the new quay wall to the river edge. The photos and video are from later than ’21, but show the lack of pollution precautions taken by land-based excavators working on this tidal river’s edge. <a href=“https://t.co/auYdp43Y4y”>https://t.co/auYdp43Y4y</a> <a href=“https://t.co/Wawv7By38r”>pic.twitter.com/Wawv7By38r</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869503160328194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>10. What else wasn’t taken into consideration before?<br>There were numerous explosive demolitions before the first die-offs. Could these have increased the risks, identified in the Conceptual Site Model, of releasing pollutants into the atmosphere as well as into water courses? <a href=“https://t.co/pFQwPO8IB9”>pic.twitter.com/pFQwPO8IB9</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869507522584577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>11. Could vibrations from demolitions have cause slippages in the sediment in the river? Could the vibrations have created/changed fissures in the ground of the area, bearing in mind that this is an estuary area and that the ‘made ground’ sits on top of tidal flat deposits. <a href=“https://t.co/3icuDPL2b5”>pic.twitter.com/3icuDPL2b5</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869510554898433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>12. Let’s look some of the explosive demolitions around the time of the Autumn ’21 die offs. Bearing in mind that South Tees was described during the compulsory purchase process as the most contaminated brownfield site in the UK. <a href=“https://t.co/JUgVbIpi6A”>https://t.co/JUgVbIpi6A</a><a href=“https://t.co/qkfDPoVvSE”>https://t.co/qkfDPoVvSE</a> <a href=“https://t.co/vnApv0VNNS”>pic.twitter.com/vnApv0VNNS</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869514715791360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>13. One of the biggest explosive demolitions was that of the Dorman Long Tower on 19.09.21. This building was made of concrete and was not far from the Quay. 4 buildings were demolished at the same time. <a href=“https://t.co/Fh9fRjkTrr”>https://t.co/Fh9fRjkTrr</a> <a href=“https://t.co/c7d1TakQiq”>pic.twitter.com/c7d1TakQiq</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869519476342784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>14. Here is the Dorman Long Tower on the map. And there were 4 other buildings near it that were demolished at the same time. An old map shows that there had previously been a storm drain where the Dorman Long Tower was. <a href=“https://t.co/983gNIKj0C”>pic.twitter.com/983gNIKj0C</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869524614135810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>15. The Dorman Long Tower and the other nearby buildings were demolished on the 19th Sept. ’21. The die-offs started in October ’21. <a href=“https://t.co/DzvixQDt0f”>pic.twitter.com/DzvixQDt0f</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869527734677505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>16. Historical watercourses are marked on these maps. I have questions about: fissures; natural and man-made water paths to the river; rain water drainage; land pollution from explosions/demolitions/earth movement running-off into the Tees. <a href=“https://t.co/j7iR2kwuKe”>https://t.co/j7iR2kwuKe</a> <a href=“https://t.co/lj78wQRTTu”>pic.twitter.com/lj78wQRTTu</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869531258138632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>17. Also, at the end of September ’21, a huge pile-driving crane arrived at the South Bank Quay, right next to the riverside. It’s job was to bang in piles into the riverbank to construct the 15 acre heavy-lift quay: 300 piles, 6ft wide, 30m long. <a href=“https://t.co/KKc9AS306k”>pic.twitter.com/KKc9AS306k</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869535695466496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>18. Also, the 5 Heavy Fuel Oil Tanks… located next to the river were demolished between October 2020 and September ’21 to make way for the South Bank Quay. Asbestos, hydrocarbons and organic solvents were the high-risk pollutants listed here. <a href=“https://t.co/5Tj31FqTSF”>pic.twitter.com/5Tj31FqTSF</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869538937753602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>19. The construction of the South Bank Quay also included “ripping out the dilapidated concrete and wooden jetties of the former Heavy Fuel Oil Farm and Tarmac”. I would be interested to know whether this was part of the work done before the first die-offs. <a href=“https://t.co/1ZBRNFJVQB”>pic.twitter.com/1ZBRNFJVQB</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869543333531648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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<blockquote class=“twitter-tweet”><p lang=“en” dir=“ltr”>20. When we talk about environmental health, we are also talking human health. Just because some of us live in the Teesside area, it does not mean that we deserve a toxic environment to live in. Even Teessiders want to walk and play and paddle on safe coastlines. <a href=“https://t.co/39PLD39it9”>pic.twitter.com/39PLD39it9</a></p>— A Bee (@KizitaHoney) <a href=“https://twitter.com/KizitaHoney/status/1638869547036934146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=“https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=“utf-8”></script>
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