Benchmark's patent for use of the toxic neonicotinoid insecticide Imidacloprid in salmon farming concedes it is a "potentially hazardous agent in the field" & that "leakage" can occur with "loss of agent in the environment" https://t.co/QfeF31RAiM @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner pic.twitter.com/IPjorjqtmO
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 26, 2020
A patent filed in Canada (CA3045239A1) in December 2017 (published in June 2018 & described as a 'National Entry' in May 2019) lifts the lid on how Norwegian-owned Benchmark plans to use the toxic neonicotinoid insecticide Imidacloprid in salmon farming.
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The Canadian patent provided examples of use including:
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Finally, the patent claims that Imidacloprid is safe for fish (contrary to other scientific evidence that Imidacloprid is toxic to fish):
Download the 42 page patent in full online here
One of the 'inventors' of Imidacloprid use in salmon farming is Benchmark's John Marshall who, according to documents disclosed in December 2019 via FOI, has been lobbying the Scottish Government since at least September 2018 with a meeting in Edinburgh in October 2018 and a meeting in the Scottish Parliament with Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy & Connectivity, in September 2019.
Earlier this month (8 June 2020), Scottish Salmon Watch revealed how Benchmark-owned Fish Vet Group (based in Inverness) filed a patent in Norway in 2011.
Meet the filthy rich Norwegian tobacco billionaire @FerdOwner desperate to 'CleanTreat' parasite-infested pharmed salmon with the toxic neonicotinoid insecticide Imidacloprid (BMK08/Ectosan) @WeAreBenchmark https://t.co/ORQS4EAeDS #Salmoney #Salmonopoly https://t.co/u5aJ4cQ1eS pic.twitter.com/2zh6cxBdeg
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 18, 2020
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Patent sought for neonicotinoid-based sea louse treatment
It seems Benchmark insiders may already know that BMK08/Ectosan (Imidacloprid) will be approved. If so, Benchmark claimed in January 2020 "that the BMK08/CleanTreat solution could reach peak annual sales of £50 million in Norway alone and £75 million globally". Fish Farming Expert reported in December 2017: "Benchmark believes that Ectosan can eventually achieve worldwide sales of £40-50 million annually". Salmon Business reported (8 June 2020):
"It's the tasty one," said a cigarette ad for Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik (biggest tobacco company in Norway) @FerdOwner https://t.co/Pv7Npg9mWB "Setting a new standard in environmental care for sea lice bath treatments," claims CleanTreat @WeAreBenchmark #BlowingSmoke #Imidacloprid pic.twitter.com/SE0xCB38FC
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 19, 2020
Read more via:
- Imidacloprid Licensed for Use by Mowi in Loch Ailort?
- BBC Farming Today on "Neonicotinoids in Salmon Farming"
- Sunday Times: "Outlawed insecticide may be used on Scottish salmon"
- Horrible History: Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
- Further Scientific Opposition to Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
- Sunday Times: "Outlawed insecticide may be used on Scottish salmon"
- Scientific Opposition to Neonicotinoid Use in Salmon Farming
- Backgrounder: "Imidacloprid – A Neonicotinoid Insecticide Toxic to Aquatic Life"
- 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
- The Ferret: "Fish farm companies ‘bidding to use bee-harming pesticide’"
- Revealed: Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Used to 'CleanTreat' Lousy Salmon
