Riverine "forever chemicals": utilizing citizen science to support nature-based solutions in rural catchments

The EU Water Framework Directive had an ambitious target to ensure all freshwater bodies achieved 'good' chemical status by 2015. However, by 2020, just 38% of rivers across the EU and 0% in England achieved this goal, due primarily to the presence of ubiquitous, persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances (uPBTs). Derived from products…