On July 8, 2009, the Sierra Club's Big Picture Campaign emailed this message to thousands of its members and supporters [the link to the time-sensitive sign-on petition is no longer active].

Subject: Sierra Club begins campaign against Sulfuryl Fluoride!

Even as Congress and President Obama are cracking down on global warming pollution, Dow AgroSciences is trying to convince the EPA to allow it to spray thousands of pounds of sulfuryl fluoride, a powerful new global warming pollutant, on fields from Florida to California. If EPA allows Dow's plans to go ahead, this dangerous new source of pollution will get a foothold in the market. We can't let that happen.

Send a message to the EPA asking that they deny the permit for this dangerous new global warming pesticide.

Scientists at MIT recently discovered that sulfuryl fluoride has 4,780 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide [1], yet Dow AgroSciences is asking to spray 32,500 pounds of this toxic pesticide on farms across the country.

Ask the EPA to deny Dow AgroScience's application for an experimental use permit for this new global warming pollutant today!

Under President Obama's direction, the EPA is making progress in the fight against global warming. We can't let corporate polluters undermine that progress by permitting additional releases of this dangerous chemical.

Please send a message to the EPA today. Click here to get started:

Your comments will help us stop the release of this dangerous new source of global warming pollution before it starts.

Thanks for all that you do.

Mary Anne Hitt
Sierra Club Big Picture Campaign

[1] MIT News, "New greenhouse gas identified: Early detection may permit 'nipping it in the bud,'" March 11, 2009.

Sierra Club
85 Second St.
San Francisco, CA 94105

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See also:

• Dow AgroSciences June 10 proposal and FAN's comments to EPA

• EPA's new Registration Review of Sulfuryl fluoride and the many documents released for public comment by August 24, 2009.