"Commercially Confidential" Secrets Exposed:
FOI @ScottishEPA lifts lid on @WeAreBenchmark's banned neonicotinoid Ectosan/BMK08 (Imidacloprid) https://t.co/fzG3MMck0s @FerdOwner @marinescotland @scotgov @FergusEwingSNP @FOIScotland @vmdgovuk @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/YtAC7uVPln— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 9, 2021
Strictly Confidential: "The signing of a non-disclosure agreement & marking of documents as ‘Commercially Sensitive’ has sadly served to keep some ‘trade secrets’ out of the public domain" https://t.co/fzG3MMck0s@ScottishEPA @FOIScotland @marinescotland @WeAreBenchmark @scotgov pic.twitter.com/pywfL5pOEU
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 9, 2021
Download the media backgrounder (July 2021) in full online here
REVEALED: "Commercially confidential" email from Scotland's 'Aquaculture Minister' @scotgov lobbies for the use of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid via 'CleanTreat' @WeAreBenchmark claiming it will "help us overcome negative press" https://t.co/fzG3MMck0s @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/7o0DeVl1Ja
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 9, 2021
Toxic Politics: “Reading between the heavily redacted lines it seems that Scottish Government minister @FergusEwingSNP bullied @ScottishEPA & @marinescotland to open the floodgates to Imidacloprid" https://t.co/fzG3MLUIBS @scotgov @FOIScotland @SSPOsays @MairiMcAllan #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/oMmkaN9mtt
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 9, 2021
Documents disclosed by SEPA via FOI to Scottish Salmon Watch dated 7 June 2021 (29 PDFs):
#1 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc1(FD) Doc1.1(FD) Doc1.2(FD)_Redacted
#2 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc10(FD) Doc 10.1(FD)_Redacted
#3 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc11(FD) Doc11.1(FD) Doc11.2(FD) Doc11.3(FD)_Redacted
#4 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc12(FD)_Redacted
#5 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc13(FD)_Redacted
#6 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc14(FD)_Redacted
#8 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc16(FD) Doc16.1(FD) Doc16.2(FD) Doc16.3(FD)_Redacted
#9 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc17(FD) Doc17.1(FD)_Redacted
#10 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc20(FD)_Redacted
#11 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc5(FD) Doc 5.1(FD)_Redacted
#12 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc5.0.1(FD)
#13 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc6(FD)_Redacted
#14 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc7(FD)_Redacted
#15 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc8(FD)_Redacted
#16 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc9(FD)_Redacted
#17 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc2(FD) Doc2.1(FD)_Redacted2
#18 FULLY DISCLOSE – Doc2(FD) Doc2.1(FD)_Redacted
#19 FULLY DISCLOSE IN-SCOPE INFO – Doc21(FD-InScopeInfo)_Redacted
#20 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc12.0.1(PD)_Redacted
#21 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc12.0.2(PD)_Redacted
#22 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc13.0.1(PD)_Redacted
#23 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc14.0.1(PD)_Redacted
#24 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc17.0.1(PD)_Redacted
#25 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc3(PD) Doc3.1(FD)_Redacted
#26 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc7.0.1(PD)_Redacted
#27 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc8.0.1(PD)_Redacted
#28 REG 10(5)(E) REDACTIONS APPLIED – Doc9.0.1(PD)_Redacted
Grace O'Sullivan MEP: "The companies behind the use of Imidacloprid must come clean & share publicly any environmental risk assessments. The solution to toxic chemical pollution is not dilution" https://t.co/fzG3MLUIBS @scotgov @FOIScotland @SSPOsays @MairiMcAllan @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/PmnIhRGetn
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 9, 2021
Here's SEPA's covering letter dated 7 June 2021:
SEPA's FOI disclosure to Scottish Salmon Watch (7 June 2021) prompted a FOI request to the Norwegian Government (15 June 2021):
Read FOI in full online here
- Scottish Government backtracks on neonicotinoid use in salmon pharming: "there is no planned imminent approval of Imidacloprid"
- Salmon Pharming's 'Silent Spring' of the Sea
- "New weapon against salmon lice" reports Norwegian media (failing to mention Ectosan is the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid)
- Norway Approves Banned Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid for Use on Norwegian Salmon – Scotland, Chile & Canada Next In Firing Line!
- Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Dogged by Lawsuits, Bans & Deaths – Is Benchmark's BMK08 in the doghouse or will it be unleashed?
- Canadian field trials of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid on salmon farms?
- Norwegian Environment Agency FOI reply lifts lid on banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid
- Interferencia: "Salmon Farming – Norwegian company seeks to commercialize in Chile a pesticide banned by the EU for being 'very toxic' to aquatic life"
- Anyone for Norwegian Salmon Marinaded in the Banned Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (don't worry it's ASC-approved)?!
- "EU deals potential setback to Benchmark’s rollout of new sea lice treatment"
- Fish Farmer: "MEPs condemn new lice treatment: who's right" "
- "EU setback for novel lice treatment"
- Breaking News: Victory in Europe – Parliament votes against the use of the toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in farmed salmon!
- Fish Farming Expert: "Novel lice treatment threatened by European Parliament vote"
- Wave of European Opposition to Benchmark's Imidacloprid (BMK08) – the tide turns against neonicotinoids in salmon pharming!
- European Opposition to Neonicotinoid Contamination of Farmed Salmon – is BMK08 (Imidacloprid) dead in the water?
- The Guardian: "‘Novichok for insects’ may be approved for Scottish fish farms"
- Who are the toxic team lurking behind Benchmark's BMK08 (Imidacloprid) in Scottish salmon pharming?
- The Ferret: "Bee-killing pesticide treatment for fish farms backed by Scottish Government"
- Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon – Benchmark's magic trick making the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid disappear!
- Rumsfeldian Fish Philosophy – Things We Know We Know, Things We Now Know We Don't Know & Things We Don't Know We Don't Know About 'Scottish' Salmon!
- SEPA ordered by Commissioner to Disclose 'Commercially Confidential' Information on CleanTreat & BMK08 (Imidacloprid) by 7 June
- Warning: Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming "Clears Another Hurdle" With European MRL
- Warning: Imidacloprid Moves A Step Closer to Commercial Use in Salmon Farming
- Nasty Neonicotinoid Plagues Salmon Farming in 2021
- Toxic Neonicotinoid "Close to Commercial Launch" in Salmon Farming!
- New Science Dogs Approval of Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid for Scottish Salmon!
- Imidacloprid Use in Scottish Salmon Farming?
- Secret Salmon – On the Trail of Imidacloprid Use in Scotland!
- British Wildlife: "Neonics in Salmon Farming – Alarm Bells Are Ringing"
- Caveat Chile – toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (BMK08) coming soon!
- Toxic Politics – Meet the Scottish Government's Minister for Sinister Chemicals
- Imidacloprid Licensed for Use by Mowi in Loch Ailort?
- Further Scientific Opposition to Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
- Patent lifts lid on neonicotinoid use in salmon farming
- Horrible History: Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
- Scientific Opposition to Neonicotinoid Use in Salmon Farming
- Backgrounder: "Imidacloprid – A Neonicotinoid Insecticide Toxic to Aquatic Life"
- BBC Farming Today on "Neonicotinoids in Salmon Farming"
- Sunday Times: "Outlawed insecticide may be used on Scottish salmon"
- FOI letter on Scientific Concerns re. Imidacloprid Use in Scottish Salmon Farming
- Scottish Greens "Deeply Concerned" at Mowi's Field Trial of Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in Loch Ailort
- Letter to the Prince of Wales re. bee-killing Imidacloprid use at royal warrant holder Mowi
- Secret Trials: 'Royal' Salmon Doused with Bee-Killing Insecticide Imidacloprid?
- Follow the Salmoney – the Norwegian tobacco billionaire behind the Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid
- ENDS Report: "Calls for greater transparency over ‘toxic’ new fish farm product"
- Letter to SEPA: Please Come Clean on Imidacloprid!
- Letter to Scottish Ministers, SEPA & the VMD re. Imidacloprid
- FOI requests on Imidacloprid to SEPA, VMD & the Scottish Government
- Revealed: Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Used to 'CleanTreat' Lousy Salmon
- Please Come Clean on BMK08!
- 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
- Media Backgrounder: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Salmon
- All is Not Well With Sick Scottish Salmon
Meet the toxic team behind the use of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in Scottish salmon pharming! https://t.co/AvF9wXoiNh @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @MairiMcAllan @MairiGougeon @GreenerScotland #Imidacloprid #BMK08 #Neonicotinoid #SEPA #Toxic pic.twitter.com/pH4c2aAZre
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 21, 2021
Not content with using this poison on farm crops, and decimating bee, and other, pollinator populations, the fuckwits now want to unleash it in the sea, as well. Who knows what the consequences will be?
WHEN WILL WE LEARN? Stop abusing our planet!!! https://t.co/hnLUxD0Ckw
— NickK66 💙 (@N_Klaassen1878) July 9, 2021