Broadcast safe effect settings for PAL on MPEG source

Hello,
I've been delivered a clip (shot on iphone ((29.97)), edited on Prem CC, exported as a 1920 x 1080 MPEG.
When applying broadcast safe filters I apply two to an adjustment layer. One set to reduce luminance at 99 (IRE), another to reduce saturation at 99 (IRE). When this is applied I get some quite heavy artifacts on high luma sections of the video. In this instance an LED illuminated train timetable, making the destinations/times unreadable.
I've not had this problem before, so I'm guessing it may be due to the clip I received being a 29.97 MPEG? Is there any way to resolve this?

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