Sussex chemical haze: MPs criticise decision to curtail investigation

Concern grows that cause of toxic plume last month, which left 150 people seeking hospital treatment, may never be known

MPs have criticised a decision to wind down an investigation into the mysterious chemical haze that caused Sussex beaches to be evacuated and left dozens of people reporting sore eyes and breathing problems.

People affected by the incident expressed alarm that they may never know the cause of the toxic plume that gave them sore throats for weeks after it drifted on to Birling Gap and other beaches on 27 August.