Pollution from NFU president's family farm led to fine in 2014
by Fiona Harvey from Environment | The Guardian on (#180TM)
Farm at centre of pollution incident co-owned by Meurig Raymond, whose organisation has lobbied to weaken environmental regulations on pollution
A family farm co-owned by the president of the National Farmers' Union, which has consistently lobbied against a tightening of farm pollution regulations, was the source of river pollution in 2013.
Polluting material is thought to have spilled into a local river at the Welsh farm, causing damage over a kilometre of land and water.
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