Caveat Chile - Toxic Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (BMK08) Coming Soon! https://t.co/lRb9JWJH06 @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner @SalmonChileAG @SalmonChile @ECOCEANOS @SantiagoTimes @elmostrador @ChileanSalmonMC @CCC_Chile @PatagonJournal @patagonia @jelangman @TerramChile @OceanaChile pic.twitter.com/6EHBebPida
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 9, 2020
Benchmark reported (1 July 2020):
Fish Farming Expert reported (1 July 2020):
In February 2020, Benchmark submitted a regulatory dossier for the use of BMK08 in salmon farming.
"Submission of our regulatory dossier for BMK08, our novel sea lice treatment, is a significant milestone" @WeAreBenchmark https://t.co/2vVe041WxV "needs separate approval in each of the countries" @ScottishEPA What is BMK08? Will the public find out how toxic AFTER approval?! pic.twitter.com/BKuJ9sIKdL
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 29, 2020
Fish Farming Expert reported (28 February 2020):
In March 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch and The Ferret revealed that BMK08 (known as Ectosan when launched in 2017) was the toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid.
Revealed: Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Used to 'CleanTreat' Lousy Salmon https://t.co/ORQS4EAeDS @WeAreBenchmark @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @GriegShetland @ScottishEPA @SSPOsays @IntraFishNorge @FergusEwingMSP @ASC_aqua @marinescotland @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/JOrTRbJExD
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 17, 2020
Benchmark sea lice treatment identity revealed (the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid) https://t.co/9lFHuZ6bWJ @salmonfarming1 @WeAreBenchmark @ASC_aqua @MowiScotlandLtd @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @SSPOsays @FergusEwingMSP @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @salmon_scottish pic.twitter.com/ZWfpMGzDHt
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 17, 2020
Last month Scottish Salmon Watch revealed that the inventors of Imidacloprid use in salmon had admitted in their patent that "leakage" of the toxic chemical could occur.
Scientific opposition to the use of Imidacloprid is growing.
"Imidacloprid has been banned from use by farmers because of the widespread environmental harm it caused" @DaveGoulson "It would be the height of foolishness to start using this potent, broad-spectrum neurotoxin in salmon farming" https://t.co/nqV1mv7CAY @WeAreBenchmark pic.twitter.com/8V15mLltzr
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2020
Beware of the Norwegian money-men lurking behind Imidacloprid use in salmon farming!
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
"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:
- Patent lifts lid on neonicotinoid use in salmon farming
- 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