Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate (LPOS)
CAS No. 29457-72-5
 
 

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Abstracts

ACTIVITY: Insecticide, Adjuvant (unclassified)

Systematic Names:
1-Octanesulfonic acid, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptadecafluoro-, lithium salt
Lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulphonate

Structure:

Adverse Effects:

Blood
Body Weight Decrease
Bone (including Cleft Palate)
Embryotoxic
Fetotoxic

Liver

See also PFOS - PFOA perfluorinated chemicals

Environmental Effects:

Highly toxic to Birds

Very highly toxic to Honey Bees

Regulatory Information
(only comprehensive for the US)
US EPA Registered:

No 

See PFOA perfluorinated chemicals

US EPA PC Code: 075004 
California Chemical Code 5678 
Registered use in
(includes only a limited list of countries)

Australia, Finland, New Zealand
Other Information
Molecular Formula: C8-H-F17-O3-S.Li  
Manufacturers: 3M 
Other Names: Raid Tvk
Sulfotine
LPOS
 
Manufacture site: US:
3M, Cottage Grove Center, Minnesota 55016
 
Of special interest:
PAN Data 
US EPA Fact Sheet- August 1999 
2002 - Hazard Assessment of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOs) and its Salts. Environment Directorate, Joint Metting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology. ENV/JM/RD(2002)17/FINAL November 21, 2002. 362 pages. Also available at http://webnet1.oecd.org/pdf/M00036000/M00036809.pdf
June 2002 - Summary of Toxicology Data. California EPA.
Abstracts
Australia. December 10, 2001 - "Current List. RECORD OF APPROVED ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS FOR CHEMICAL PRODUCTS." 
Insecticide Products - partial list 

Note from FAN:
Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate is classified as a PFOS. It is one of several hundred PFOS chemicals that were produced mainly by 3M. [One of the most recognized uses was as a stain repellant in SCOTCHGUARD.] In 2000, 3M announced that it would end the production of approximately 150 PFOS chemicals. At this same time US EPA was committed to a 100% phase out of all PFOS. However, a few industries have successfully petitioned for the use of small amounts due to lack of alternaitves. We assume that sometime since 2001 Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate use as a pesticide was ended. However, this is just an assumption, as manufacturers may have been allowed to use up their stock, instead of destroying it (--- it is unknown as to whether PFOS can be destroyed. There is information that suggests it will be reduced to its most toxic congener).

In February we will have a PFOS section with a link available at this site.


"The PFOS story is likely to emerge as one of the apocryphal examples of 20th century experimentation with widespread chemical exposures: prolific use and almost no testing for safety, until unexpectedly and almost serendipitously, it is discovered as a contaminant virtually everywhere. And as is often the case in these stories, the company producing PFOS products possessed information hinting at its risks but chose not to share their data with regulators or the public for years...
Ref: Our Stolen Future website - http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/PFOS/2001-04pfosproblems.htm

US Federal Register
Date Published Docket Identification Number Details
Dec 9, 2002 OPPT-2002-0043

Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates; Significant New Use Rule. FINAL RULE.
EPA is issuing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under section
5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 75 substances including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOSH) and certain of its salts (PFOSS), perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride (POSF), certain higher and lower homologues of PFOSH and POSF, and certain other chemical substances, including polymers, that are derived from PFOSH and its homologues. These chemicals are collectively referred to as perfluoroalkyl sulfonates, or PFAS. This rule requires manufacturers and importers to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the
manufacture or import of these chemical substances for the significant new uses described in this document. EPA believes that this action is necessary because the PFOSH component of these chemical substances may be hazardous to human health and the environment. The required notice will provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate an intended new use and associated activities and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs.

Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate is one of the 75 affected chemicals. EPA lists it as
1-Octanesulfonic acid, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-

Sept 26, 2001 FIFRA-HQ- 2001-0003

S.C. JOHNSON & SON - Request to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations:
-- Sulfotine. EPA Reg. No. 004822-00457
--
Raid TVK. EPA Reg. No. 004822-00458

Oct 18, 2000 OPPTS-50639

Perfluorooctyl Sulfonates; Proposed Significant New Use Rule; for the following chemical substances: Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOSA) and certain of its salts (PFOSS), perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF), certain higher and lower homologues of PFOSA and PFOSF, and certain other chemical substances, including polymers, that contain PFOSA and its homologues as substructures. All of these chemical substances are referred to collectively in this proposed rule as perfluorooctyl sulfonates, or PFOS. This proposed rule would require manufacturers and importers to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacture or import of these chemical substances for the significant new uses described in this document. EPA believes that this action is necessary because the chemical substances included in this proposed
rule may be hazardous to human health and the environment. The required notice would provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate an intended new use and associated activities and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs.

Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate is one of the 75 affected chemicals. EPA lists it as
1-Octanesulfonic acid, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-

Sept 4, 1996 OPP-30419

S.C. JOHNSON & SON - Application to Register Pesticide Products. Raid TVK insecticide. Active ingredient: Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate at 0.03 percent. Proposed classification/Use: General. For use as a wasp and hornet bait trap. Sulfotine insecticide. Active ingredient: Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate at 26 percent. Proposed classification/Use: General. For manufacturing purpose only.

 
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