{
  "id": 3356494,
  "title": "Toxic waste sites exposed in Michael Sheen documentary 'tip of the iceberg'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/toxic-waste-sites-exposed-in-michael-sheen-documentary-tip-of-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-25T21:53:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Science",
    "slug": "bbc-science",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07r2l7rjpko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A former Monsanto worker who helped seal toxic waste sites in Wales in the 1990s has revealed that staff were provided with cheap protective equipment and not informed about the hazardous materials they were dealing with. Stephen Constance, who worked at Monsanto's Newport factory, came forward after the BBC documentary \"Buried\" with Michael Sheen shone a light on Wales' toxic waste legacy. The documentary identified 14 high-concern sites, but Dr. David Megson, a scientist involved in the production, stated that there are approximately 20,000 such sites across the UK. Eastman Chemical Company, responsible for Monsanto's legacy production in the UK, declined to comment on the matter.",
  "summary": "One scientist says there are thousands of sites across the UK that need investigating.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}