The Sunday National and The Ferret reported (18 February 2024):
Scottish Greens MSP @ArianeBurgessHI said she was "deeply concerned" over the increased use of Formaldehyde, and pointed out @FerretScot that more than 10,000 people signed a petition in 2021 asking for a ban on its use @ScottishEPA @ScotlandSalmon @ScotGovMarine @MairiGougeon pic.twitter.com/Jvv25pxf4H
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 18, 2024
Here's a photo of the newspaper version:
The Ferret reported (18 February 2024):
New data released by Sepa after a freedom of information request by the campaigner Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA), reveals that formaldehyde was used 194 times between January 2020 and June 2023. pic.twitter.com/hdIwimoL2X
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) February 18, 2024
Critics, however, said they are “deeply concerned” about the increase in the number of fish farms “using this carcinogenic chemical”, and that the “dumping of toxic chemicals into the sea and freshwater lochs” should be banned. pic.twitter.com/oEIX8G7sFp
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) February 18, 2024
Read more via: Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde Still Flooding Scottish Lochs
Here's video footage:
Video Nasty: Did you know 'organic' Scottish salmon is marinaded in cancer-causing Formaldehyde (the same toxic chemical used by Damien Hirst to pickle sheep)?
Here's footage from @CookeScotland in Loch Garasdale – shamefully greenwashed @SoilAssociation
(Images: Ecotricity) pic.twitter.com/NbsrLX8pda— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 19, 2024
Cancer-causing Formaldehyde piled @CookeScotland 'organic' salmon farm in Loch Garasdale – follow the flies to Formic Acid used to break down dead fish! @SoilAssociation @ScotlandSalmon @ScottishEPA @ScotGovMarine @CCNScotland @ArianeBurgessHI @SoilAssocScot (Images: Ecotricity) pic.twitter.com/0pnx0Ukw0E
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 18, 2024
Read more via:
Toxic Scottish Salmon – Chemical Use Doubles Since 2018!
SEPA Boss Quits – Scotland's Environmental Watchdog is Dead in the Water!
Salmon Pharming's 'Silent Spring' of the Sea
Greenwashing by Scottish Salmon – as sponsored by SEPA!
Government salmon farm research ‘excluded environmental impact’
Fish farm pollution rules relaxed for Brexit
Fury as fish farm pesticide pollution rises 72% in a year
Public Register of Toxic Chemicals Used in Scottish Salmon Farming?
Sunday Times: "Outlawed insecticide may be used on Scottish salmon"
Anyone for ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Doused in Carcinogenic Formaldehyde?
Secret Trials: 'Royal' Salmon Doused with Bee-Killing Insecticide Imidacloprid?
FOI letter to Scottish Ministers re. Formaldehyde/Formalin use on salmon farms since 2013
The Ferret: "Toxic fish farm pesticide polluted ten lochs across Scotland"
REVEALED: Carcinogenic Chemical Formaldehyde Flooding Scottish Lochs
More toxic pesticides to be used by salmon farmers
Under the Cloak of Coronavirus: SEPA open the floodgates to lobster-killing chemicals!
The Ferret: "Fish farm companies ‘bidding to use bee-harming pesticide’"
Revealed: Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Used to 'CleanTreat' Lousy Salmon
Media Backgrounder: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Farmed Salmon
Video Nasty: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Salmon at Kames in Loch Tralaig
Sunday Times: "Chemical fears at Scots fish farms"
Scottish fish farms using cancer-linked embalming fluid as disinfectant
EXPOSED: Mowi's Cache of Carcinogenic Chemicals On Conservative MSPs Estate
EXPOSED: Scottish Salmon's Cascading Use of Cancer-Causing Chemical
Salmon farming giant Mowi probed over chemical use
The Ferret: "Environmental rules for salmon farming industry relaxed"
SEPA relax environmental controls during Coronavirus crisis
Shame on SEPA the Laggard not Leader (even the sloths at SSPO are quicker at publishing data)!
ENDS Report: "Calls for greater transparency over ‘toxic’ new fish farm product"
Letter to SEPA: Please Come Clean on Imidacloprid!
Follow the Salmoney – the Norwegian tobacco billionaire behind the Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid
Revealed: Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Used to 'CleanTreat' Lousy Salmon
Media Backgrounder: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Salmon
Sunday Times: "Official fears revealed over toxic threat of salmon trade"
Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon
CleanTreat FOI Disclosures by the Scottish Government to Scottish Salmon Watch
The Sunday Times: "Chemical fears at Scots fish farms"
EXPOSED: Scottish Salmon's Cascading Use of Cancer-Causing Chemical
Leading fish farm watchdog joins fish farm industry
Fish farming industry bids to relax limits on toxic pesticide
All is Not Well With Sick Scottish Salmon
The Scottish Environment Pollution Agency
SEPA's Shame on Salmon Farming
How the Scottish Government ‘nuanced’ away fish farm pesticide ban
Pesticide report suppressed after freedom of information warning
Scottish Government under fire for helping block pesticide ban
Revealed: secret role of US drug company in fish farm pesticide row
Ban on polluting pesticide dropped after complaint from fish farmers
Mapped: the 45 lochs polluted by fish farm pesticides
The Sunday Times: "Salmon industry toxins soar by 1000 per cent"
Scottish Salmon's Lethal Legacy – Ten-fold Increase in Toxic Chemical Use in Ten Years
Scientific Backgrounder: Ecotoxicity & Chemical Resistance
Media Backgrounder: Scotland's 'Silent Spring' of the Sea
Daily Mail: "The toxic chemicals in farmed salmon straight from the loch"
Scottish Salmon Overdoses on Toxic Chemical
Chemicals to control salmon parasites
Scottish fish farmers use record amounts of parasite pesticides








