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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.

Cour bayArgyll and buteUnited kingdomKilbrannan soundUnited kingdom generalNorth ayrshireNathan tylerJohn aitchisonHarry nickersonJackie lamondDavid attenboroughGeorgina macleanTom scanlonMaggie richmondSepa the scottish environment protection agencyScottish salmon producers organisation