Environment Agency rules out chemical pollution as likely cause of Teesside crab deaths.

The Environment Agency has ruled out chemical pollution as a likely cause of the deaths of thousands of crabs and lobsters that have been washed ashore along the Teesside and North Yorkshire coast  The investigation into the deaths of thousands of crabs and lobsters along the North East coast has ruled out chemical pollution as a likely cause.   Various agencies and local authorities are collaborating on the investigation, which is trying to establish what could have cause the crabs and lobsters to die off the coast between Hartlepool and Robin Hoods Bay. Investigators have previously ruled out sewage, undersea cabling, seismic survey activity or dredging as likely causes. Click here to read more