Environmental health officials have uncovered widespread illegal dumping at the Chancery Lane Swamp in Christ Church, raising concerns about public health and environmental degradation on the eve of World Environment Day.

A walk-through by officers from the Randal Phillips Polyclinic and attended by Environmental Health students from the Barbados Community College led to the piles of garbage, declared threats to the eight-acre wetland ecosystem.

Illegal dumping found on the track to Chancery Lane Swamp. (Photo Credit: Lauryn Escamilla/Barbados TODAY)