Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon – Benchmark’s magic trick making the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid disappear!

 

 

 

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Scottish Salmon Watch reported last month (22 April 2021):

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported (16 April 2021):

 

The neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (hidden by Norwegian-owned Benchmark behind the code-name BMK08 – formerly Ectosan) is expected to win market authorisation in Norway "soon" with Scotland and Chile next on the hit list for the toxic chemical which was banned for use in terrestrial agriculture in 2018 and is even more toxic in aquatic environments.   Yet the general public – and investors – are being kept in the dark as to the environmental risks. 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch has repeatedly asked the authorities in Scotland whether Imidacloprid has already been used in 'Scottish' salmon farming – either illegally or with a secret licence in the field or in the laboratory – but we have hit brick wall after brick wall. 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch has asked the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage (Nature Scotland), the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the Scottish Government and even Benchmark for copies of any environmental risk assessments regarding the use of Imidacloprid (BMK08/Ectosan) use in salmon farming but have been denied at every turn. 

 

 

 

 

In June 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch published alarming details of Benchmark's patents for the use of Imidacloprid in salmon farming.

 

 

 

 

An editorial by Professor Dave Goulson of the University of Sussex published in British Wildlife magazine in August 2020 warned against the use of Imidacloprid in salmon farming:

 

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The Sunday Times reported in June 2020:

 

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Scottish Salmon Watch and The Ferret revealed in March 2020 that BMK08 (known as Ectosan until late 2019) was Imidacloprid following a tip-off that Mowi had sought approval via the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.  Benchmark's largest owner is Norwegian tobacco billionaire Johan Andresen who rather paradoxically is Chair of Norway's Council on Ethics who polices 'ethical' investment including in 'Scottish' salmon farming.

 

 

 

 

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