Note from FAN: 1080 is the common name for Sodium fluoroacetate, a highly toxic and non-discriminatory pesticide that can impact any species where it strewn. The Department of Conservation is wrong in its appraisal: this horrid pesticide should be banned from use. It’s molecular formula is below. (For more info and effects): The Department of Conservation […]
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Sodium Fluoroacetate: Chemical Poisons Reduction Act
Note from FAN: Molecular formula for Sodium fluoroacetate, also known as Compound 1080 (and more info and effects): Every year the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program spends millions of taxpayer dollars on lethal predator control. A portion of the program’s substantial expenditures is dedicated to poisoning wildlife with two extremely dangerous and indiscriminate […]
Toxic substance in eggs triggers public health warning
Note from FAN: See more on Fipronil here; its molecular structure is: Dutch food and consumer product safety authority NVWA issued a warning to consumers not to eat eggs with the company code X-NL-40155XX. The content of toxic fipronil in these eggs is so high that they pose an acute danger to public health, the […]
Fipronil: 900,000 eggs recalled in western Germany due to insecticide fears
Note from FAN: See more on Fipronil here; its molecular structure is: A huge quantity of eggs originating from Belgium has been recalled from shops in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), after testing found they contained high levels of an insecticide. The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) announced on Monday that close to 900,000 eggs have […]
Fipronil: Dozens more egg producers shut down as pesticide scandal spreads
Note from FAN: See more on Fipronil here; its molecular structure is: The Dutch food and product safety board has stopped ‘dozens’ more poultry farms from sending their eggs to market because they may be contaminated with the pesticide fipronil. Tests for traces of the pesticide, used to control lice in poultry, are now being […]
Fipronil: Seven Dutch poultry companies closed over toxic substance
Note from FAN: See more on Fipronil here; its molecular structure is: The Dutch food and consumer product safety authority NVWA halted production at seven companies in the poultry sector after they were found to use poisonous insecticide fipronil in the chicken barns. The authority also recalled eggs from four of the companies, the NVWA […]
School District Backs Down Under Community Pressure to Halt Chemical Spraying
On Wednesday, April 5, Webster Elementary School was scheduled to be tented and sprayed with the toxic chemical compound sulfuryl fluoride (trade name Vikane) for termites, despite pleas from parents and organizations to the school district to postpone the treatment and consider a less toxic method. Webster, like all schools in the district, is on […]
EPA Inspector General Report on Fumigations with Sufluryl fluoride
What Was Found The EPA can better prevent deaths and serious injuries caused during residential fumigations by amending sulfuryl fluoride labels and monitoring compliance. From December 12, 2016, memo in the report … Final determinations on matters in this report will be made by EPA managers in accordance with established audit resolution procedures. The offices […]
Sulfuryl Fluoride: EPA Report on Deaths and Safety
Excerpts: Title of report from the EPA’s Office of Inspector General: Additional Measures Can Be Taken to Prevent Deaths and Serious Injuries From Residential Fumigations Report No. 17-P-0053 Contributors: Jeffrey Harris, Jee W.Kim, Calvin Lin, Denton Stafford, Steven Weber. Since 2002, at least 11 deaths and two serious injuries occurred during residential fumigations in the […]
1080 drop likely within fortnight in the Dart, Routeburn and Caples Valleys
Note from Fluoride Action Network: 1080 is the common name of a highly toxic pesticide called Sodium fluoroacetate. This is its molecular formula: An aerial 1080 drop in the Dart, Routeburn and Caples Valleys is expected within the next fortnight, before the summer tramping season begins. The Department of Conservation advised the public last week […]