Defra has released its findings after thousands of dead crabs and shellfish washed up on the coast.
The deaths of thousands of crabs and lobsters found washed up on beaches of north-east England have been blamed on a naturally-occurring harmful algae.
A review of dredging activity and water samples found no evidence of a link between the disposal of dredged sediment and the deaths.While the chemical pyridine was initially identified in crabs in the affected areas, further investigation established that it was not present in water and surface sediment samples collected off the Tees.
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