Private Eye: "Down on the Fish Farm"

Private Eye reported (17 - 30 November 2017 - Issue No. 1457):

 

 

 

Read a dossier of emails obtained from SEPA and the Scottish Government via "Slicegate: Anatomy & Chronology of an Environmental Lobotomy" (November 2017)

 

 

 Here's the email from SEPA's Chief Executive Officer (Terry A'Hearn) to SEPA's Head of Strategic Communications (Mark Wells):

 

 

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Pesticide report suppressed after freedom of information warning

How the Scottish Government ‘nuanced’ away fish farm pesticide ban

Sunday Herald: "Report ditched after FOI fears"

Editorial: "Independent scrutiny is a cornerstone of democracy"

Sunday Herald: "Revealed: Scottish Government put pressure on Sepa to drop ban on toxic pesticide" 

Editorial: "Welcome move in pesticide scandal"

Sunday Herald: "Fish farms industry now at war with SEPA over toxic-loch pesticide"

The Ferret: "Scottish Government under fire for helping block pesticide ban"

Editorial: "Holyrood must investigate pesticide claims"

Sunday Herald: "Scottish government accused of intervening to block ban on toxic pesticide"

The Ferret: "Revealed: secret role of US drug company in fish farm pesticide row"

Sunday Herald: "Scottish government accused of colluding with drug giant over pesticides scandal"

The Ferret: "Ban on polluting pesticide dropped after complaint from fish farmers"

Sunday Herald: "Toxic pesticide ban scrapped after fish farm industry pressure"

The Ferret: "Government watchdog bowed to industry pressure on fish farm pollution"

"Crackdown on fish farm pesticides after Sunday Herald investigation"

The Ferret: "Mapped: the 45 lochs polluted by fish farm pesticides"

Front Page of Sunday Herald: "Revealed: Scandal of 45 Lochs Trashed by Pollution"