The experiments are referred to in the storyline of "[[List of Silent Witness episodes#Series 16 (2013)|Trust]]", the third and fourth episodes of Series 16 of the BBC series ''[[Silent Witness]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pzqcm/episodes/guide | title=BBC One - Silent Witness, Series 16, Trust - Episode guide | access-date=20 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927051016/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pzqcm/episodes/guide | archive-date=27 September 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Unofficial Spanish incursion ==
In January 2024, a popular [[Spanish]] [[YouTuber|youtuber]] known as Rubén Holgado<ref>{{Cite web |title=ruben holgado |url=https://www.youtube.com/@rubenholg |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=YouTube |language=en}}</ref> conducted an unofficial raid on the [[Guiniard Island]]. During a brief 32-second period, Holgado symbolically “[[conquered]]” the island by planting a flag on its polluted by planting a flag in its contaminated soil and then removing it. The event was documented and shared on his YouTube channel, with a video titled "Sobreviví a la Isla Más Tóxica del Mundo<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GxEIKSjTCo&t=31s |title=Sobreviví a la Isla Más Tóxica del Mundo |date=2023-12-29 |last=ruben holgado |access-date=2024-08-18 |via=YouTube}}</ref>”. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GxEIKSjTCo&t=31s I Survived the World's Most Toxic Island]) in which Holgado reflects on his experience and much more
