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• Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

  UConn TCS Supports Development of Technology to Clean Greenhouse Gas Fumigant

  Sulfuryl fluoride, a widely used fumigant, is a greenhouse gas. UConn TCS is helping the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station commercialize a technology that can clean these fumes before they are released into the atmosphere. UConn Technology Commercialization Services (TCS) is working with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven (CAES) to commercialize a technology that […]

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  United States, Connecticut Pesticides

• Thursday, October 27th, 2022

  Legal Petition Urges California Officials to Phase Out Deadly Pesticide Linked to Climate Change.

  See FAN’s background on Sulfuryl fluoride OAKLAND, Calif.— Environmental groups filed a formal legal petition today urging the California Air Resources Board to phase out the insecticide sulfuryl fluoride because of its significant contribution to global warming. California is the world’s largest emitter of sulfuryl fluoride, which is 4,800 times more potent than carbon dioxide […]

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  United States, California United States Pesticides

• Tuesday, August 16th, 2022

  Fipronil: Unauthorised use of 4 highly hazardous pesticides, claims report

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: See for more information. Structural formula for Fipronil Unapproved use of chlorpyrifos, fipronil, atrazine and paraquat in crops point to non-compliance with national regulation Use of highly hazardous pesticides are approved for use in India for only specific crop-pest combinations. Photo: iStock Safety of agricultural produce and environmental contamination is […]

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  India Pesticides

• Tuesday, July 19th, 2022

  EPA Finds New Insecticide Is Putting Over 100 Species in Jeopardy of Extinction

  Note from Fluoride Action Network Structural formula for Sulfoxaflor (see more information on its toxicity and USDA Shuts Down Data Collection on Honey Bees) and Sulfoxaflor: Documents. EPA Finds New Insecticide Is Putting Over 100 Species in Jeopardy of Extinction WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft biological evaluation today showing that the bee-killing […]

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  United States, National USA Pesticides

• Tuesday, July 12th, 2022

  Fipronil: Taiwan rejects shipments of two kinds of Chinese mushrooms

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: FIPRONIL: For more information see here and here. The structural formula for Fipronil is: LUFENURON: See here. The structural formula for Lufenuron is:   TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A variety of mushrooms imported from China have been rejected at Taiwan’s borders after they were found to contain pesticide residues beyond […]

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  Taiwan Pesticides

• Thursday, July 7th, 2022

  Maine Board of Pesticides Control member raises a red flag over chemicals in weed killer [Oxyfluorfen]

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: For information on Oxyfluorfen see here and here. The structural formula of the herbicide Oxyfuorfen is: The board approved expanding the use of Oxyfluorfen for broccoli crops in Aroostook County in February. MAINE, USA — A member of Maine’s Board of Pesticide Control is raising concerns about a pesticide being […]

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  United States, Maine Pesticides

• Sunday, May 29th, 2022

  Management of Solid Waste Containing Fluoride—A Review

  Abstract Technological and economic development have influenced the amount of post-production waste. Post-industrial waste, generated in the most considerable amount, includes, among others, waste related to the mining, metallurgical, and energy industries. Various non-hazardous or hazardous wastes can be used to produce new construction materials after the “solidification/stabilization” processes. They can be used as admixtures […]

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• Monday, April 25th, 2022

  Chlorfenapyr: Illegal pesticide unit busted

  Note from Fluoride Action Network: See adverse effects. Chlorfenapyr structural formula: MUZAFFARGARH: Pest Warning Assistant Director Shahid Hussain and other officials, on a tip-off, busted an illegal factory at Chah Ali Wala, Mauza Kotla Abul Fateh, and seized counterfeit pesticides and other materials, such as chlorphenypyrkins, chlorfenapyr TC, Carbo Furan NTC, plastic funnels, beakers, drums, […]

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  Pakistan Pesticides

• Thursday, April 14th, 2022

  Sulfoxaflor: EU decision to restrict bee-harming pesticide causes tension with US

  Note from Fluoride Action Network Structural formula for Sulfoxaflor (see more information on its toxicity and USDA Shuts Down Data Collection on Honey Bees) and Sulfoxaflor: Documents. Sufoxaflor was originally developed as an alternative to a controversial class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, which have been associated with bee decline. [SHUTTERSTOCK] The European Commission has […]

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  European Union Pesticides

• Friday, March 11th, 2022

  Sulfuryl fluoride: Researcher sheds light on the main source of a rare but destructive greenhouse gas

  Note from Fluoride Action Network The brain is the main target of Sulfuryl fluoride. Sulfuyl fluoride is the major fumigant used on post-harvest food held in storage facilities and granaries in the U.S.   Environmental health and engineering PhD student Dylan Gaeta discusses his study linking the unregulated insecticide sulfuryl fluoride to a common fumigation […]

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  United States, National USA Pesticides