'Frankenstein foreshore': Wet wipes are reshaping Thames riverbank, study reveals

Madeleine Cuff
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The 'Thames Great Wet Wipe Reef' is now 50 metres wide, 17 metres long and more than a metre high

Wet wipes are reshaping the banks of the Thames to create a "Frankenstein foreshore" campaigners warn is harming wildlife in the river. New survey data published yesterday by volunteer group Thames21...

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