Letter to the editor by Chris Genovali of the Raincoast Consaervation Society in the Times Colonist.
“the B.C. fish farm industry relies on the application of the agricultural drug Slice to address chronic sea lice outbreaks.
“Emamectin benzoate is the active ingredient in Slice, which is administered in feed. The use of Slice is a concern to scientists like David Carpenter, professor at the environmental health and toxicology division at the University of Albany in New York. Carpenter has said that ’emamectin is one of a class of drugs known to block a major inhibitory neural transmitter in the brain. Animal studies have demonstrated exposure to this chemical during development causes changes in behaviour and growth as well as pathological changes in the brain.'”