Hundreds of thousands of plastic beads have washed up on Camber Sands in East Sussex, causing an ‘environmental catastrophe’ that could seriously harm dogs, an MP has warned.

Camber Sands has more than two miles of golden beach and is the home to the only sand dune system in East Sussex, making it a natural habitat to many animals and plants.

But now, these species, as well as any visiting dogs, may be at risk of choking or toxication from these washed-up pellets.

Helena Dollimore, MP for Hastings and Rye, has written to the head of Southern Water expressing her concerns about this bio-bead pollution, after seeing it for herself.

In the letter, she wrote that these types of bio-beads are commonly used in wastewater plants locally.

Bio-beads are used to filter chemical and organic cont

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