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Cornwall Wildlife Trust told the BBC it was “highly concerned” about the impact on “sensitive marine life.”
“The main worry is all that detergent going into our beautiful marine environment, but thankfully most are full,” Justin Whitehouse, from the National Trust, told the BBC.
Surfers Against Sewage said in a blog post that the bottles originated from a shipping vessel, which reportedly lost “a number of containers” near Land’s End in May last year.
The group adds that recent winter storms have purportedly caused the bottles to redistribute around the area:
“Our friends at Lizard National Trust were the first to spot these bottles on their beaches and believe they are from the container ship, DS Blue Ocean, that lost a number of containers overboard near Lands End in May 2015. 27 tonnes of Vanish detergent were in one of these containers. These containers will have been lying on the sea floor since May, disturbed and reanimated by the recent winter storms that are now distributing them onto ever beach, cove and rock pool the tides, winds and swell can reach.”
Origin of the influx of recent Pink Vanish Containers washed up on Cornish Beaches.
DS BLUE OCEAN pic.twitter.com/ZBswpwBYdB— Peter Wright 〓〓 (@petekernow) January 5, 2016
Thousands of #vanish plastic bottles washed up on The Lizard. @sascampaigns pic.twitter.com/De3CnuteKv
— SurfGirl Mag (@SurfGirlMag) January 4, 2016
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said (via the BBC) that “while it is fact that the MV Blue Ocean lost a container containing bottles of ‘Vanish,’ there is no currently available evidence that the bottles washed up on the Cornish coast are from this container; all evidence is currently circumstantial.”
A Vanish spokesman told MailOnline they are unsure if the bottles are theirs, but that it “looks that way.”
“We’re working closely to get samples back. It’s a concern and we’re working with the authorities while we investigate if they’re our bottles,” he added.
Photo credit: Surfers Against Sewage
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