Toxic Pesticide Again in Use On Salmon Farms Marine Life: Pollution Parasite Treatment Returns Despite Effect On Sea Bed
Sunday Herald › October 29, 2007
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SALMON farmers are again using a toxic pesticide years after it was thought to have been phased out.
The chemical, teflubenzuron, known commercially as Calicide, is given to salmon to kill sea lice parasites.See the full content of this document
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Toxic Pesticide Again in Use On Salmon Farms Marine Life: Pollution Parasite Treatment Returns Despite Effect On Sea Bed
Concerns about the polluting effects of the substance, 90per cent of which is excreted by the salmon into the sea, have been raised by shellfish farmers.
A 1999 report by the Scottish Environment Pro...See the full content of this document
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