Nose bleeds, breathing problems and vomiting for fed up locals 'owing to toxic stench'

The 'rotten ovum smell' has been spreading from a landfill site, leaving residents successful the assemblage suffering a bout of unpleasant symptoms - including breathing problems and vomiting

Residents of a UK municipality person been struck down with chemoreceptor bleeds, breathing problems and vomiting - arsenic a foul odor from a adjacent landfill tract continues to plague the community.

Labour MP Lorraine Beavers told the Commons that the toxic stench successful Fleetwood, Lancashire, is “as atrocious arsenic ever”, and called for the Environment Agency’s powers to beryllium strengthened. The “rotten ovum smell” has been spreading from the landfill tract connected Jameson Road since February 2024, Ms Beavers claimed.

The Environment Agency says odour issues should trim wrong the adjacent 7 days, environment minister Mary Creagh told the Commons. At environment, nutrient and agrarian affairs questions, Ms Beavers said: “The radical of Fleetwood and Thornton and beyond person suffered from toxic stenches for the past 12 months.

“Last nighttime was highly unpleasant, with residents reporting chemoreceptor bleeds, breathing problems, headaches and vomiting this morning. The stench is due to the fact that of the mismanagement of the section Jameson Road landfill site. Despite aggregate interventions by the Environment Agency, including the six-week closure, the odor is present arsenic atrocious arsenic ever, if not worse.

“What tin the Government bash to guarantee the Environment Agency person overmuch stronger powers to woody with landfill sites that bring regular misery to residents, similar those surviving successful my constituency of Blackpool North and Fleetwood?”

Ms Creagh replied: “My bosom goes retired to her constituents who are intelligibly suffering unspeakable nationalist wellness consequences from the stink astatine the site. There is an ongoing probe into the origin of odour issues that person impacted the assemblage successful Fleetwood, and it escalated successful January 24.

“The Environment Agency person told maine they expect odour issues to trim wrong the adjacent 7 days. Should this not hap they volition see immoderate and each due regulatory involution to trim the interaction connected the community.”

The Environment Agency said TransWaste Recycling and Aggregates took implicit the landfill tract astatine Jameson Road successful precocious 2023.

The Mirror has contacted TransWaste for comment.