How 'citizen scientists' are fighting river pollution in the UK

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What can you do with varnish, plywood, a wheelbarrow inner tube and a solar panel not much bigger than a mobile phone?

The answer, if you are a computer genius with a conscience, is to fight back against sewage pollution.

Tom Heap speaks to so-called citizen scientists who are using their skills to monitor and combat the problem.

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