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The Committee is concerned by the proposed four-year implementation period for the introduction of a revised environmental quality standard for emamectinbenzoate, given the environmental risks from the chemical.
Information is provided on what the literature says about environmental quality standards for emamectinbenzoate. What does the review suggest in relation to possible changes to EQSs for EMB in Scotland?
Information is provided on what the literature says about environmental quality standards for emamectinbenzoate. What does the review suggest in relation to possible changes to EQSs for EMB in Scotland?
For instance, Mowi, the largest producer, more than doubled its usage of azamethiphos from 2018 to 2023, and Scottish Sea Farms, the second-largest producer, doubled its use of emamectinbenzoate from 2018 to 2023. It is definitely a concern.
On the contrary, SEPA consulted on the new Environmental Quality Standard (EQS) for emamectinbenzoate an in-feed medicine given to farmed salmon as a preventative control for sea lice.
For example, we also have an environmental quality standard for emamectinbenzoate out at the moment, which is something else that is starting to increase controls on the waste that is going to the sea bed.