TENS of thousands of cubic metres of sludge contaminated with aluminium and other pollutants are being stored at 26 toxic lagoons across Scotland.
An investigation into the safety of the sludge pools has been launched by Scottish Water, while environmentalists are demanding the sites be cleaned up.
The lagoons are sighted at Wigtown, Barrhead, Coatbridge, Falkirk, Cupar and Inverness, and across Argyll, Aberdeenshire, Sutherland, Orkney and elsewhere.
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