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EU Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of picoxystrobin
Note from FAN: Molecular formula for Picoxystrobin CAS No. 117428-22-5 ABSTRACT: The conclusions of EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Czech Republic and co-rapporteur Member State Romania for the pesticide active substance picoxystrobin and the assessment of applications for maximum […]
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Bifenthrin: Judge Says USDA Must Protect Organic Crops from Pesticide-Contaminated Compost
Note from FAN: Molecular formula for Bifenthrin, CAS # 82657-04-3 A U.S. District Court judge says the USDA violated public process by permitting the use of pesticide-contaminated compost in the production of organic crops and did so without conducting a formal public review on the issue. Northern District of California Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the ruling […]
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Flubendiamide: EPA judge upholds pesticide registration cancellation
Note from FAN: Molecular structure of Flubendiamide, CAS No. C23H22F7IN2O4S _________________________________________________________________ EPA’s decision to cancel the registrations of flubendiamide, marketed by Bayer’s Crop Science Division as Belt, has been upheld by an agency administrative law judge (ALJ). Susan Biroe, a chief ALJ with the EPA, said Bayer and fellow registrant Nichino America accepted the terms […]
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1080 factory given West Coast Regional Council investment still not making 1080 three years later
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080). For more info, albeit outdated, go to http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/pesticides/sodium.fluoroacetate-page.htm The 1080 poison company the West Coast Regional Council controversially invested $1.9 million in three years ago is still not producing 1080. The investment was made in 2013 without any public consultation and sparked protests outside the council […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride. A hidden danger: CBS12 Investigates finds more victims of fumigation poisoning
West Palm Beach, FL — CBS12 Investigates found the fumigation chemical that severely injured Peyton McCaughey has also killed and injured dozens of other people in Florida. One of those victims lived in West Palm Beach. Brittany Anderson died just months before Peyton was poisoned and made headlines. “I miss her. I see a picture […]
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Lawrence residents concerned about 1080 drop
Note from Fluoride Action Network: 1080 is the common name of a highly toxic pesticide called Sodium fluoroacetate. This is its molecular formula: Lawrence residents are concerned that a decision to drop 1080 poison on a Clutha District forestry block had been “done behind closed doors”. The issue came up at a Lawrence-Tuapeka Community Board meeting on Wednesday in relation […]
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EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide/Products cause risk to aquatic animals and environments – manufacturers fail to comply with the terms of the registration
Note from FAN: Molecular structure of Flubendiamide, CAS No. C23H22F7IN2O4S _________________________________________________________________ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a notice of intent to cancel all Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino America, Inc., flubendiamide products that pose a risk to aquatic invertebrates that are important to the health of aquatic environments. Required studies showed flubendiamide […]
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Flubendiamide. Bayer Refuses the EPA’s Request to Stop Selling a Pesticide. Wait, What?
Note from FAN: Molecular structure of Flubendiamide, CAS No. C23H22F7IN2O4S ___________________________________________________________________ Bayer, the enormous German pharmaceutical and chemical company, made news recently when it simply refused the EPA’s request to cancel one of its products, a pesticide the EPA says is unsafe. Let’s read that again: a company refused to heed an EPA request. How […]
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Flubendiamide. Bayer contests EPA’s decision on valuable insecticide for farmers
Note from FAN: Molecular structure of Flubendiamide, CAS No. C23H22F7IN2O4S ________________________________________________________________________________ Crop Science, a division of Bayer, announced today it has refused a request by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to voluntarily cancel the uses of flubendiamide in the United States and instead will seek a review of the product’s registration in an administrative law […]
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Sulfuryl fluroide: Palm City tragedy spurs review, toughening of Florida’s fumigation laws
The McCaughey family had been told it was safe to reoccupy their Palm City house. It wasn’t, as the reports cited below show. The chemicals used to eradicate termites by Sunland Pest Control Services Inc. of West Palm Beach — a subcontractor of Terminix International Co. — had not dissipated from their home. Consequently, after […]
United States, Florida Pesticides
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