Experts say it's the 'worst possible scenario' as floods caused by climate change now threaten to wash the hazardous junk into our food chain It could get into our water supply (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Toxic waste, ‘forever’ chemicals and even yucky hospital blood bags are at risk of leaking into our water supplies from thousands of dodgy old UK landfill sites, experts have warned.

Surging numbers of floods caused by climate change now threaten to wash the hazardous junk into our food chain. Europe may have up to 500,000 landfills and most were built before strict modern pollution controls existed.

More than 22,000 of the danger dumps are in the UK. But experts have no idea which ones pose a threat because of “inadequate records”.

Prof Kate Spencer, of Queen Mary Unive

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