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More toxic pesticides to be used by salmon farmers
Rules on the use of toxic pesticides by the fish farming industry have been relaxed because of the coronavirus emergency, prompting fears for marine wildlife.
April 12, 2020
Fish farm companies ‘bidding to use bee-harming pesticide’
Scotland's salmon farming industry is planning to start using a toxic pesticide that has been banned in terrestrial agriculture because of dangers to bees, campaigners are warning.
March 17, 2020
Fish farming industry bids to relax limits on toxic pesticide
The multinational salmon farming industry has been pushing behind the scenes for environmental limits on a toxic pesticide to be 100 times weaker than government regulators recommend.
June 9, 2019
Wildlife widely damaged by fish farm pesticides, says Sepa
Pollution from fish farm pesticides is more widespread than thought and is harming marine wildlife, according to the Scottish Government’s green watchdog.
November 7, 2018
Alarm over Acetamiprid pesticide used on Scotland’s woods
Scotland’s forests are treated and sprayed every year with hundreds of kilograms of a toxic pesticide blamed for killing bees and butterflies, The Ferret can reveal.
September 9, 2018
Fergus Ewing should stop Michael Russell on pesticides, says leaked email
The rural minister, Fergus Ewing, should get his cabinet colleague, Michael Russell, to “draw in his horns” and stop trying to ban toxic pesticides, according to a leaked email.
September 9, 2018
Pesticide report suppressed after freedom of information warning
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency ditched a toxic pesticide report after fears it could attract freedom of information requests.
November 8, 2017
How the Scottish Government ‘nuanced’ away fish farm pesticide ban
The Scottish Government put pressure on its environmental watchdog to drop a plan to ban a toxic pesticide so as not to upset the fish farming industry.
November 7, 2017
Fish farm industry ‘lashes out’ on pesticide controls
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is under angry attack from the fish farming industry over new controls on toxic pesticide.
July 5, 2017