Neonicotinoid use in Scottish salmon going to the dogs? https://t.co/Ts1xPOrpAl
New science shows that Imidacloprid – used on pets to kill fleas – is poisoning rivers @DaveGoulson @roseofgoodhope
How can you justify use in salmon farming? @WeAreBenchmark @MowiScotlandLtd pic.twitter.com/xNXZUIgm1W— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 19, 2020
The Guardian reported (17 November 2020):
Science of the Total Environment reported (7 November 2020):
The Daily Mail reported (17 November 2020):
An Editorial – "Neonics in Salmon Farming – Alarm Bells Are Ringing" – by Professor Dave Goulson from the University of Sussex was published in British Wildlife in August 2020:
Editorial in British Wildlife: "Neonics in Salmon Farming – Alarm Bells Are Ringing" @britwildlife @DaveGoulson https://t.co/hn6DHZmS9D @FerdOwner @WeAreBenchmark @FergusEwingMSP @strathearnrose @salmonfarming1 @IntraFishNorge @thefishsite @nature_scot @MasumiYamamuro @scotgp pic.twitter.com/kcIrtdhB0I
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 24, 2020
The Sunday Times reported in June 2020:
In June 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch solicited scientific support for a ban on the use of Imidacloprid in salmon farming and shared a scientific dossier – "Imidacloprid – A Neonicotinoid Insecticide Toxic to Aquatic Life" – detailing environmental impacts of Imidacloprid on aquatic ecosystems.
Read more via:
- 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!
- 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
Secret Salmon – On the Trail of Imidacloprid Use in Scotland https://t.co/u2ulxotaTN Has the toxic neonicotinoid been used illegally @WeAreBenchmark @FAIfarms at Ardtoe marine laboratory? @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @vmdgovuk @FerdOwner @MowiScotlandLtd @FergusEwingMSP #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/LwP1twMoQW
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 4, 2020
How is the use of a toxic neonicotinoid (Imidacloprid) – banned for use in terrestrial agriculture in Europe in 2018 – in salmon farming "sustainable" or indeed "ethical" in any way? @FerdOwner
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 30, 2020
Meet 'Ethics Man' (tobacco billionaire Johan Andresen), Chair of Norway's Council on Ethics which polices 'ethical' investment @FerdOwner @Folketrygdfond https://t.co/4P1m3g2CvT
He is a shareholder in salmon farming companies & via @WeAreBenchmark wants to use neonicotinoids! pic.twitter.com/yDq7CeSDvu— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 30, 2020