MUSE Gold

2025

Toxic Dips

Entrant Company

FCB Health London, An IPG Health Company

Category

Experiential & Immersive - Promotions & Stunts

Client's Name

he Rivers Trust

Country / Region

United Kingdom

The UK’s rivers are in crisis. A dip in our waters exposes us dangerous chemicals and pathogens that impact our health and lead to conditions like norovirus, rotavirus, E. coli and hepatitis. Now, swimming in a UK river means a 1 in 2 chance of getting sick. But not enough of us are paying attention.

To bring home the unhealthy truth of our waterways, we brought it into people’s homes, with Toxic Dips: a range of bath bombs inspired by three of the UK’s most polluted waterways - Tainted Tamar, Septic Severn and Rancid Roding.

Each Toxic Dip bath bomb contains the same unique mixture of raw sewage, pesticides, microplastics, urban waste and fertilisers as its namesake river, immersing people in the contaminated reality of our waters and driving awareness of The Rivers’ Trust’s 2024 report on UK river health.

But the bath bombs themselves aren’t the only unusual media channel employed by the campaign. The bath bombs were also sold on eBay for £300,000.00 each, using the online auction house to highlight the fact that this was only 0.001% of the cost of cleaning up UK waters, and driving further PR engagement with the campaign.

With a 78% increase in visits to theriverstrust.org, and the report making appearances on the news and in parliament, the campaign is helping to turn the tide on water pollution.

Credits

European ECD / FCB Health Europe, an IPG Health Company
Jamie MacCarthy-Morrogh
European ECD / FCB Health Europe, an IPG Health Company
David Prater
Associate Creative Director / FCB Health London, An IPG Health Company
Christian Louzado
Senior Creative Copywriter / FCB Health London, An IPG Health Company
Simon Wood
Communications and PR Director / IPG Health UK
Louise Ringrose
Video & VFX Director / FCB Health London, An IPG Health Company
Marcus Kenyon
Group Art Supervisor / Area 23, an IPG Health Company
Elvan Salih
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