Marine Scotland’s director, Annabel Turpie, has backed a treatment system for farmed fish designed to use a pesticide with “potentially devastating consequences for marine life”.https://t.co/kCHxUc4YBC
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) May 21, 2021
The Ferret reported (21 May 2021):
Read the emails released by the Scottish Government online here
Internal emails reveal that Turpie told colleagues she would “help with engagement” with environmental regulators so the treatment could “navigate through the system”.
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) May 21, 2021
"This is the antithesis of the precautionary principle & smacks of @GreenerScotland putting commercial gain ahead of environmental protection. Surely the public has a right to know before the floodgates are opened to a banned neonicotinoid?” @FerretScot https://t.co/lBv6qqEIo2
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 21, 2021
"Such meddling at the highest level calls into question @ScottishEPA's independence as a regulator with serious implications for environmental protection" @SalmonTroutCons https://t.co/lBv6qqEIo2 @marinescotland @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner @GreenerScotland @scotgp @MairiMcAllan
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 21, 2021
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FOI reveals Benchmark's vanishing act claiming to make the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid disappear! https://t.co/OSsCH10m4C
"The biggest con trick since Harry Houdini"
"Straight out of Muppet Labs" @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner @ScottishEPA @MairiMcAllan @DaveGoulson @PAN_UK pic.twitter.com/NquarUKNZi— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 21, 2021
“I’m concerned that industry is on a relentless chemical treadmill,” @markruskell “The planned move to a widespread use of neonicotinoids does nothing to build the image of Scottish salmon production” @FerretScot https://t.co/lBv6qqEIo2 @SSPOsays @ScottishEPA @GreenerScotland
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 21, 2021