{"id":516509,"date":"2023-01-15T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=516509"},"modified":"2023-01-15T10:56:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T10:56:39","slug":"mass-crab-die-off-scientists-say-we-weren-t-questioned-for-crucial-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/mass-crab-die-off-scientists-say-we-weren-t-questioned-for-crucial-report","title":{"rendered":"Mass crab die-off: scientists say \u2018we weren\u2019t questioned\u2019 for crucial report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists who led research into the mystery deaths of thousands of crabs and lobsters along England&#8217;s north-east coast say they have been asked no questions by the panel investigating the disaster. The expert review panel has also been excluded from examining government processes as part of its inquiry, despite widespread scrutiny of the official explanation for the deaths, the Observer understands. The revelations raise questions about potential limitations of a forthcoming report into the die-offs, which is expected to be sent to ministers this week. An initial government investigation said the crustacean deaths in 2021 were most likely caused by a naturally-occurring algal bloom, and effectively dismissed suggestions that human activity had played a part. The finding by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) scientists was challenged by fishers and campaigners who fear dredging in the River Tees is responsible. They believe dredging may have released a toxic chemical called pyridine, which was used in industry on Teesside<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A review panel on the 2021 Teesside eco-disaster is due to send its findings to ministers this week, but evidence from academics may not be given full weight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,348],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-science"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}