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The toxic salmon farm chemicals that are a risk to swimmers

AS a keen wild swimmer, I’m clear in my mind that there are places I would never swim on the grounds of safety – and among them is the vicinity… ....

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The wild swimmers challenging salmon farm pesticides

Worker at a salmon farm on Loch Linnhe near Fort William
By Vicky Allan
THE waters of Cour Bay, on the Kintyre peninsula, are crystal clear. But locals who swim there and live by its shore have become concerned that, with the arrival of a new large Mowi salmon farm in the North Kilbrannan sound, they may cease to be so pristine.
Swimmers and water users are putting up a new type of fight against salmon farms – one that revolves around human health and safety, around the tensions between tourism and the growing fish-farm industry.
Their claim is that pesticide chemicals used by salmon farms, which are known to be hazardous to human health and include organophosphate azamethiphos, will contaminate the bay, and that, since no guidance or studies are held by Sepa (the Scottish Environment Protection Agency) to demonstrate what safe levels are, swimmers may be at risk, as may all those using the water near salmon farms. ....

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