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scientists say they ve discovered environmentally damaging levels of illegal drugs in a river that runs through the glastonbury festival site in somerset. levels of cocaine and mdma found in ecstasy pills were found in the whitelake river, after samples were taken at the festival in 2019. it s thought they come from people not using the lavatories provided. laura jones reports. june 2019, and under the baking sun, glastonbury is once again infull swing. but behind the scenes, tests are being carried out to see what impact this is all having on the local environment. the festival site is huge, and the river whitelake runs straight through it. water samples were taken from just upstream and just downstream to test for anything unusual in the water. those tests led to this a report published today by scientists at bangor university, which found what they describe as environmentally damaging levels of illegal drugs in the water. specifically cocaine and mdma which is found in ecsta

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