Private Eye reported (17 – 30 November 2017 – Issue No. 1457):
Read a dossier of emails obtained from SEPA and the Scottish Government via "Slicegate: Anatomy & Chronology of an Environmental Lobotomy" (November 2017)
Here's the email from SEPA's Chief Executive Officer (Terry A'Hearn) to SEPA's Head of Strategic Communications (Mark Wells):
Pesticide report suppressed after freedom of information warning
How the Scottish Government ‘nuanced’ away fish farm pesticide ban
Sunday Herald: "Report ditched after FOI fears"
Editorial: "Independent scrutiny is a cornerstone of democracy"
Sunday Herald: "Revealed: Scottish Government put pressure on Sepa to drop ban on toxic pesticide"
Editorial: "Welcome move in pesticide scandal"
Sunday Herald: "Fish farms industry now at war with SEPA over toxic-loch pesticide"
The Ferret: "Scottish Government under fire for helping block pesticide ban"
Editorial: "Holyrood must investigate pesticide claims"
Sunday Herald: "Scottish government accused of intervening to block ban on toxic pesticide"
The Ferret: "Revealed: secret role of US drug company in fish farm pesticide row"
Sunday Herald: "Scottish government accused of colluding with drug giant over pesticides scandal"
The Ferret: "Ban on polluting pesticide dropped after complaint from fish farmers"
Sunday Herald: "Toxic pesticide ban scrapped after fish farm industry pressure"
The Ferret: "Government watchdog bowed to industry pressure on fish farm pollution"
"Crackdown on fish farm pesticides after Sunday Herald investigation"
The Ferret: "Mapped: the 45 lochs polluted by fish farm pesticides"
Front Page of Sunday Herald: "Revealed: Scandal of 45 Lochs Trashed by Pollution"