Benchmark's new sea lice treatment (the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid) spills into sea in Norway - 110,000 litres of contaminated water spilled near Heggvika in Nordland https://t.co/CzUmirrJ1o @IntraFish @WeAreBenchmark @NFdep @fiskeridir @InfoMattilsynet #Imidacloprid pic.twitter.com/v44YiZUWTZ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 21, 2022
Intrafish reported (20 July 2022):
Definition of Reckless: Using a banned neonicotinoid (Imidacloprid) in the marine environment where 'leakage' is inevitable! https://t.co/jvkxWGGA1w @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @scotgp @nature_scot @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @ArianeBurgessHI https://t.co/hBOCR6s6rn pic.twitter.com/nDLxpwYIEw
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 21, 2022
Here's the Norwegian version of the Intrafish article which includes a better map:
@ProtectOurShore Treating sea lice with pesticide imidacloprid What could go wrong? Benchmark spills imidacloprid into public waters @TheGAAIA @blueannoyed @paulapeters2 @charlotteh71 @mikecoulson48 @RandolphTrent @vamroses @BadPutty @docrussjackson @GreenpeaceUK @natalieben https://t.co/BojHy3Vsim pic.twitter.com/20OrlYxncS
— Kilroy Was here (@1kilroywashere) July 21, 2022
Fiskeribladet also reported on the toxic spill:
Fish Farmer reported (21 July 2022):
Benchmark: "Analysis of the initial samples taken within 24 hours of the incident suggested that the potential impact would be minimal....We have no evidence of any known impact on the environment" @WeAreBenchmark https://t.co/o3ROzL7th4 @fishfarmermag @FerdOwner @fiskeridir pic.twitter.com/NAnJiMPdO2
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 21, 2022
What science is @WeAreBenchmark citing when they claim Imidacloprid "degrades rapidly on exposure to water"? Surely Ectosan Vet (BMK08) would not work if Imidacloprid degraded rapidly? @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @FerdOwner @DaveGoulson @PAN_UK @PFreeScotland @MasumiYamamuro https://t.co/GbeqSEIkN7 pic.twitter.com/VyrAAw65vo
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 25, 2022
$camon $cotland has asked the Norwegian Government to provide more details on the spill of Imidacloprid including the company responsible:
Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 7:37 AM
Subject: Imidacloprid spill in June in Heggvika?
To: <[email protected]>
Here's a list of salmon farming businesses in Heggvika:
Just days after the Imidacloprid spill, I visited Benchmark's Norwegian head office in Bergen (where I raised the alarm about the use of Imidacloprid in salmon pharming at a science symposium at the University of Bergen):
'Silent Spring of the Sea' - video of a Powerpoint presenation by Don Staniford at a science symposium @UiB https://t.co/sUXN5UIuPc
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 29, 2022
Please boycott toxic pharmed salmon! @WeAreBenchmark @MowiScotlandLtd @LeroySeafood @scotseafarms @Havforskningen @Naturvern @Jeroen_vdSluijs
Last month, $camon $cotland revealed growing public opposition to the use of Imidacloprid (dubbed 'Novichok for insects' by Professor Dave Goulson of the University of Sussex) in Scottish waters:
Smoked Scottish Salmon: Neonicotinoid Use Dead in the Water in Scotland? https://t.co/HCOIZBdLku
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 7, 2022
“Dear Ms Sturgeon, there is no justification for using Imidacloprid as a pesticide in any foodchain” @NicolaSturgeon @scotgov @ScotGovNetZero @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @scotgp pic.twitter.com/GDA4l1hyIu
Fish Farming Expert reported in April 2022:
Did @WeAreBenchmark deploy all of the 3.25 tonnes of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid used in Norway in 2021? @Folkehelseinst https://t.co/tSf7jgX5B2
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 1, 2022
Or was D10 Aquatic Blast used by Salmo Pharma too? @Legemiddelinfo @fiskeridir @NFdep @InfoMattilsynet @LeroySeafood @Partiet pic.twitter.com/L7itDGvxyv
Here's the data published in April 2022 by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health:
Over 3.25 tonnes of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid - dubbed 'Novichok for insects' @DaveGoulson - were used on salmon farms in Norway in 2021 (according to data published by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health @Folkehelseinst) @WeAreBenchmark https://t.co/TNORW0iTsX pic.twitter.com/9m8rHkovWu
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 1, 2022
In May 2021, Professor Dave Goulson - author of 'Silent Earth' - dubbed Imidacloprid 'Novichok for insects' in an article in The Guardian.
"It’s like the wild west" said @DaveGoulson "These chemicals are incredibly poisonous – the novichok for insects. It takes a billionth of a gram to harm aquatic life, so even tiny traces would have major impacts on marine life" @guardian @WeAreBenchmark https://t.co/OzouYaXCEk
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 27, 2021
A patent filed in Canada (CA3045239A1) in December 2017 (published in June 2018 & described as a 'National Entry' in May 2019) lifted the lid on how Norwegian-owned Benchmark planned to use the toxic neonicotinoid insecticide Imidacloprid in salmon farming with the admission that "leakage" can occur with "loss of agent in the environment".
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
Who was the person @WeAreBenchmark who pledged there would be no spillage of Imidacloprid? @fiskeridir @NFdep @InfoMattilsynet @LeroySeafood @seafoodnorway @SjomatNorge @SeafoodnorwayN pic.twitter.com/4o4rxWEw1W
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 21, 2022
In October 2021, veterinarians and scientists in the UK voiced their opposition to the use of Imidacloprid in salmon farming in a letter published in the Veterinary Record.
"The risk that Imidacloprid presents to ecosystems when used in the marine environment is too great, and the precautionary principle must be applied" @Vet_Record @DaveGoulson @WeAreBenchmark @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @MairiGougeon @SSPOsays @MowiScotlandLtd @scotgp @FerdOwner pic.twitter.com/6Xy6GbYNyE
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 13, 2021
Scottish Salmon Watch revealed in May 2020 that Norwegian giant Mowi had lobbied the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to use Imidacloprid (Ectosan) in Loch Ailort in Scotland in a field trial.
Secret Trials: 'Royal' Salmon Doused with Bee-Killing Insecticide Imidacloprid? https://t.co/S1ovGqCpu7 FOI reveals proposed 'field trial' of toxic neonicotinoid @MowiScotlandLtd at Ardnish in Loch Ailort @ScottishEPA @WeAreBenchmark @marinescotland @FerdOwner @vmdgovuk #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/iUl9lk7XPv
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 20, 2020
Scottish Greens "deeply concerned" at Mowi's field trial of Neonicotinoid @markruskell @strathearnrose @scotgp @FergusEwingMSP @SP_ECCLR @ScottishEPA "Imidacloprid has been classed as an environmental hazard" @WeAreBenchmark @MowiScotlandLtd @vmdgovuk https://t.co/KTgbs4GnNM pic.twitter.com/ESCXnu1TOM
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 21, 2020
$camon $cotland revealed in March 2022 that the salmon farming lobby was still pushing to use Imidacloprid in Scotland via Benchmark's 'CleanTreat' system.
Toxic Salmon: FOI Reveals Lobbying To Use Banned Neonicotinoid in Scotland - will trials of Imidacloprid take place this year? @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @MowiScotlandLtd @sustain_aqua @WeAreBenchmark @LeroySeafood @scotseafarms @vmdgovuk @scotgphttps://t.co/fO4qj5HUfh #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/G345o5I8DW
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 16, 2022
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 Scottish Environment Protection Agency told a firm wanting to start using a bee-killing chemical at fish farms to mark correspondence “confidential”— so that it wouldn’t have to be released in response to freedom of information requests. #FOIhttps://t.co/hIclBVFKop
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) July 19, 2021
SEPA refuse to disclose information on the use of the toxic neonicotinoid insecticide Imidacloprid in salmon farming citing commercial confidentiality https://t.co/6dqW4x0iel @ScottishEPA @FOIScotland If disclosed it would prejudice economic interests @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner pic.twitter.com/m88qS2Tv2A
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 30, 2020
$camon $cotland will continue to campaign against the use of toxic chemicals in 'Scottish' salmon pharming!
Meet the toxic team behind the use of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in Scottish salmon pharming! https://t.co/AvF9wXoiNh @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @MairiMcAllan @MairiGougeon @GreenerScotland #Imidacloprid #BMK08 #Neonicotinoid #SEPA #Toxic pic.twitter.com/pH4c2aAZre
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 21, 2021
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
Salmon pharming is a toxic industry - read more via Booker-prize winning author Richard Flanagan's book 'Toxic':
Front page news Down Under for the toxic truth about salmon pharming. "We Eat Horror" says Booker-prize winning author Richard Flanagan @themercurycomau pic.twitter.com/igYbRgMtmu @envirotas @TasmanianGreens @huonaquaculture @TassalSalmon @Rick_Stein pic.twitter.com/563nh6cLhG
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 23, 2021
Read more via:
- 'Silent Spring of the Sea' talk by Don Staniford online now!
- Press Release: "Smoked Scottish Salmon: Neonicotinoid Use Dead in the Water in Scotland?"
- Norwegian Pharmed Salmon Marinaded in Neonicotinoid - over 3.25 tonnes of Imidacloprid used in 2021!
- Norway Symposium: "Silent Spring of the Sea - Salmon Pharming Kills Shellfish & Other Marine Life"
- Toxic Salmon: FOI Reveals Lobbying To Use Banned Neonicotinoid in Scotland - will trials of Imidacloprid take place this year?
- "Novichok for Insects" Unleashed on Scottish Salmon This Summer?
- Benchmark Gears Up for Imidacloprid Use in Norway: "keenly awaited by salmon farmers in Scotland"!
- Vets & Scientists Voice Concerns Vs Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Pharming - Letter published in Veterinary Record
- ASC endorses banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in salmon farming
- "SEPA has not received an application to use Imidacloprid" admits Scottish Government
- Private Eye: "Toxic Relationship"
- Norway Deploys Banned Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid - Scotland, Chile & Canada Next in Firing Line!
- The Ferret: "Watchdog helped pesticide firm avoid freedom of information"
- Toxic Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Collared by Legal Petition in US - are investors in Ectosan Vet/BMK08/D-10 Aquatic Blast feeling hot under the collar?
- Scottish Government backtracks on neonicotinoid use in salmon pharming: "there is no planned imminent approval of Imidacloprid"
- Dirty Secrets Exposed: FOI Disclosure by SEPA on Benchmark's Banned Neonicotinoid Ectosan/BMK08 (Imidacloprid)
- Salmon Pharming's 'Silent Spring' of the Sea
- "New weapon against salmon lice" reports Norwegian media (failing to mention Ectosan is the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid)
- Norway Approves Banned Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid for Use on Norwegian Salmon - Scotland, Chile & Canada Next In Firing Line!
- Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Dogged by Lawsuits, Bans & Deaths - Is Benchmark's BMK08 in the doghouse or will it be unleashed?
- Canadian field trials of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid on salmon farms?
- Norwegian Environment Agency FOI reply lifts lid on banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid
- Interferencia: "Salmon Farming - Norwegian company seeks to commercialize in Chile a pesticide banned by the EU for being 'very toxic' to aquatic life"
- Anyone for Norwegian Salmon Marinaded in the Banned Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (don't worry it's ASC-approved)?!
- "EU deals potential setback to Benchmark’s rollout of new sea lice treatment"
- Fish Farmer: "MEPs condemn new lice treatment: who's right" "
- "EU setback for novel lice treatment"
- Breaking News: Victory in Europe - Parliament votes against the use of the toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in farmed salmon!
- Fish Farming Expert: "Novel lice treatment threatened by European Parliament vote"
- Wave of European Opposition to Benchmark's Imidacloprid (BMK08) - the tide turns against neonicotinoids in salmon pharming!
- European Opposition to Neonicotinoid Contamination of Farmed Salmon - is BMK08 (Imidacloprid) dead in the water?
- The Guardian: "‘Novichok for insects’ may be approved for Scottish fish farms"
- Who are the toxic team lurking behind Benchmark's BMK08 (Imidacloprid) in Scottish salmon pharming?
- The Ferret: "Bee-killing pesticide treatment for fish farms backed by Scottish Government"
- Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon - Benchmark's magic trick making the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid disappear!
- Rumsfeldian Fish Philosophy - Things We Know We Know, Things We Now Know We Don't Know & Things We Don't Know We Don't Know About 'Scottish' Salmon!
- SEPA ordered by Commissioner to Disclose 'Commercially Confidential' Information on CleanTreat & BMK08 (Imidacloprid) by 7 June
- Warning: Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming "Clears Another Hurdle" With European MRL
- Warning: Imidacloprid Moves A Step Closer to Commercial Use in Salmon Farming
- Nasty Neonicotinoid Plagues Salmon Farming in 2021
- Toxic Neonicotinoid "Close to Commercial Launch" in Salmon Farming!
- New Science Dogs Approval of Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid for Scottish Salmon!
- Imidacloprid Use in Scottish Salmon Farming?
- Secret Salmon - On the Trail of Imidacloprid Use in Scotland!
- British Wildlife: "Neonics in Salmon Farming - Alarm Bells Are Ringing"
- Caveat Chile - toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (BMK08) coming soon!
- Toxic Politics - Meet the Scottish Government's Minister for Sinister Chemicals
- Imidacloprid Licensed for Use by Mowi in Loch Ailort?
- Further Scientific Opposition to Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
- Patent lifts lid on neonicotinoid use in salmon farming
- Horrible History: Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
- Scientific Opposition to Neonicotinoid Use in Salmon Farming
- Backgrounder: "Imidacloprid - A Neonicotinoid Insecticide Toxic to Aquatic Life"
- BBC Farming Today on "Neonicotinoids in Salmon Farming"
- Sunday Times: "Outlawed insecticide may be used on Scottish salmon"
- FOI letter on Scientific Concerns re. Imidacloprid Use in Scottish Salmon Farming
- 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
- ENDS Report: "Calls for greater transparency over ‘toxic’ new fish farm product"
- Letter to SEPA: Please Come Clean on Imidacloprid!
- Letter to Scottish Ministers, SEPA & the VMD re. Imidacloprid
- FOI requests on Imidacloprid to SEPA, VMD & the Scottish Government
- Revealed: Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Used to 'CleanTreat' Lousy Salmon
- Please Come Clean on BMK08!
- Sunday Times: "Official fears revealed over toxic threat of salmon trade"
- Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon
- CleanTreat FOI Disclosures by the Scottish Government to Scottish Salmon Watch
- Media Backgrounder: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Salmon
- All is Not Well With Sick Scottish Salmon
How much of the toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (BMK08/Ectosan) has been used in Scottish salmon farming (either legally or illegally) since @WeAreBenchmark registered a patent in 2011? @SSPOsays @MowiScotlandLtd @marinescotland @vmdgovuk @scotseafarms https://t.co/CdAEYD4QzO pic.twitter.com/GY8uP0Us1v
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 26, 2020
Addendum:
Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 10:33 AM
Subject: Imidacloprid spill in Norway - 110,000 litres of contaminated water spilled into sea in Nordland
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]
Has @WeAreBenchmark @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @ScotlandSalmon submitted documents as part of any ecological risk assessment referring to spillage, leakage & discharge of Imidacloprid? @ScotGovNetZero @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @nature_scot @scotgp https://t.co/jvkxWGGA1w pic.twitter.com/RbLsmLUOzk
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 21, 2022
After a major spillage of a neonicotinoid into the North Sea, the company involves says it is fine 'cos the pesticide degrades rapidly. This is patently untrue, flying in the face of all scientific evidence. https://t.co/3YmQvunLpP
— Dave Goulson (@DaveGoulson) July 25, 2022
Imidacloprid from rice paddy is delivered to estuary without decomposition (https://t.co/rQUDMnGQ9r). It is not decomposed with clorination and so imidacloprid is detected in tap water in Japan (https://t.co/SwZnIrDlgZ). https://t.co/FirLAT1gEL
— Masumi Yamamuro (@MasumiYamamuro) August 1, 2022