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• Friday, May 25th, 2018

  Anti-1080 activists claim pesticide supporters ‘terrorists’

  Note from FAN: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080) Police have given two men a warning after delivering letters to a number organisations calling supporters of planned poison drops terrorists. The letters came ahead of planned drops of the pesticide on the South Island’s West Coast. The West Coast has been a hot […]

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  New Zealand Pesticides

• Monday, April 2nd, 2018

  Sulfuryl fluoride: NJ Proposes Changes to Air Quality Modeling and Risk Assessment Procedures

  Excerpts: Risk assessment requirements and procedures are currently in focus in New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) has taken a series of recent actions that will update, clarify, and potentially increase the scope of air quality evaluations that must be conducted by permitted facilities. In its Resiliency, Air Toxics and Exemptions […]

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  United States, New Jersey Pesticides

• Thursday, March 29th, 2018

  Teachers’ outcry halts fumigation of Watsonville elementary

  Note from FAN: Sulfuryl Fluoride is a highly neurotoxic fumigant (see health effects). The molecular formula is: WATSONVILLE >> Plans to tent and fumigate termite-infested Ohlone Elementary were canceled Wednesday after dozens of teachers and staff signed a letter voicing concerns about students’ health. Sensitivity to pesticide exposure is high among Pajaro Valley residents who […]

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  United States, California Pesticides

• Monday, March 19th, 2018

  U.S. EPA fines Terminix $168,000 for misuse of pesticide products on Kauai

  Molecular formula of Sulfuryl fluoride: LIHUE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $168,535 fine against Terminix International Co. for misusing three different restricted-use fumigant pesticides, at four separate locations on Kauai. The company is a commercial pesticide applicator and uses the EPA-registered fumigants Vikane, Profume, and Degesch Fumi-Cel. Terminix failed to follow […]

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  United States, Hawaii Pesticides

• Monday, March 19th, 2018

  YouTube: Does fluoride-pesticide containing raisins cause renal failure in dogs?

  This is an excellent video interview by Dr. Becker with Melissa Gardner on the very real possibility that the high fluoride levels in raisins, due to the use of the pesticide cryolite in growing grapes, is responsible for renal failure in dogs. Dog owners are known to feed raisins and grapes to their pets based […]

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  United States, National USA Pesticides

• Monday, March 19th, 2018

  U.S. EPA fines Terminix $168,000 for misuse of pesticide products on Kauai

  Note from FAN: Sulfuryl Fluoride is a highly neurotoxic fumigant used on post-harvest food. It was first approved by the US EPA Office of Pesticides to be used on food in 2004 (previously its only use was as a structural fumigant). With this approval, EPA approved the highest levels of fluoride residues on food in […]

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  United States, Hawaii Pesticides

• Monday, March 5th, 2018

  1080: State Government baiting program targets wild dogs and foxes in Yarra Ranges

  Note from FAN: 1080 is the common name for Sodium fluoroacetate, a highly toxic and non-discriminatory pesticide that can impact all species where it strewn. This horrid pesticide should be banned from use everywhere. See info on its adverse effects. Molecular formula: WILD dogs and feral foxes are being targeted by a State Government baiting […]

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  Australia Pesticides

• Friday, March 2nd, 2018

  Fipronil: Murchison bee deaths now a police matter

  Note from FAN: Fipronil is a highly toxic Acaracide, Insecticide and wood preservative. See adverse effects • some older abstracts • 2013 EU Conclusion on the peer review of risk to bees from Fipronil • PubMed abstracts on Fipronil toxicity. The molecular formula is _____________________________________________________ Police are investigating after tests confirmed that poison was responsible […]

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  New Zealand Pesticides

• Friday, March 2nd, 2018

  Cayuga Lake: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers makes ‘tremendous progress’ on Aurora-area hydrilla

  Note from FAN: The toxic herbicide fluridone is not approved for use in the European Union • 2018 study on non-target toxicity • 2015 EPA Neurotoxicty review • Adverse Effects – (outdated). Fluridone’s CAS No. is 59756-60-4 and its molecular formula: ___________________________________________________ SENNETT — Last year’s Cayuga Lake hydrilla treatment near the village of Aurora reduced […]

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  United States, New York Pesticides

• Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

  Bifenthrin: State suspends retail pot sales by Georgetown firm

    Note from FAN: See adverse effects here. The molecular formula for Bifenthrin is BOSTON – The state Department of Public Health has suspended retail sales of all medical marijuana products at Healthy Pharms Inc., which has a retail location and cultivation operation in Georgetown. Retail sales were suspended Friday after Healthy Pharms notified DPH, as mandated, […]

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  United States, Massachusetts Pesticides