Rats and other rodents posing 'huge' public health risk amid Birmingham bin strikes
- Rats are feeding on rotting trash in Birmingham due to an ongoing bin collection strike, creating a public health hazard, according to pest control experts.
- The indefinite strike involves nearly 400 council bin workers over a dispute regarding jobs and pay, initiated on Tuesday.
- Grahame Turner from the National Pest Technicians Association warned that the situation poses a 'huge public health danger.'
- Birmingham City Council claims to have made a 'fair and reasonable offer' to workers and states that disruption could last into summer.
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Rats and other rodents posing 'huge' public health risk amid Birmingham bin strikes
Waste workers in Birmingham went on strike on Tuesday in a row over jobs and pay. Unite warned disruption could last into the summer and the city council countered saying it had made a "fair and reasonable offer".


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