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THE AGRICULTURE and water industries were named yesterday as the two chief culprits in a report detailing levels of environmental pollution in Britain last year.
The Environment Agency reported a gradual overall reduction in air and water pollution by industry but warned that the downward trend had been bucked by "unacceptable" incidents. Some of the biggest water companies, including Anglian Water Services, Thames Water, United Utilities Water and Yorkshire Water were responsible for 11 per cent of all pollution incidents, according to the report on business environmental performance in 2001. Last year the agency brought prosecutions against eight water companies, resulting in average fines...