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2015. Cryolite: U.S. Estimated Annual Agricultural Pesticide Use
Cryolite Use by Year: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Epest-High Epest-Low CAUTION: State-based and other restrictions on pesticide use were not incorporated into EPest-high or EPest-low estimates. EPest-low estimates usually reflect these restrictions because […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride. Family of poisoned 10-year-old: ‘This can never happen to another family’
Peyton McCaughey, 10, suffered brain damage from toxic gas after his family’s Palm City home was fumigated in August. His parents now say pest control practices need to change. A state investigation determined a number of things went wrong in order for Peyton to be poisoned. In fact, Florida’s Department of Agriculture revoked the license […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride. McCaughey exclusive: ‘We’re angry towards Terminix. Our son is the one who has to suffer’
For the first time since their 10-year-old son Peyton was poisoned by pesticides, the McCaughey family is sharing their story. They sat down exclusively with the Contact 5 Investigators. “This is a kid who played baseball, played hockey, was learning to surf and for the doctors to tell us, well, pretty much all of that is more […]
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EU: Sulfuryl fluoride. Technical report on the outcome of the consultation on the risk assessment
Title of report: Technical report on the outcome of the consultation with Member States, the applicant and EFSA on the pesticide risk assessment for sulfuryl fluoride in light of confirmatory data. Unlike the U.S., where sulfuryl fluoride fumigation is used directly on all post-harvest food stored in warehouses and mills, it was approved for use […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Global warming potential higher than estimated
The Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) is part of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). BPC opinion pursuant to Article 75 (1)(g) on sulfuryl fluoride in PTs 8 and 18. The request concerns the monitoring data from remote tropospheric air, which the authorisation holder submitted to the European Commission to comply with the decisions on the approval […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Report details training, equipment problems of fumigator being sued by poisoned Palm City family
MARTIN COUNTY — The termite control company that fumigated a Palm City house where three family members later got sick, one seriously, had poorly maintained devices for checking that the house was clear for people to enter afterward, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. State investigators concluded that of Sunland Pest […]
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Sulfoxaflor: Metabolites
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure for Sulfoxaflor (see more information on its toxicity) Excerpts X11519540 (sulfonyl metabolite) approximately two times more toxic than parent sulfoxaflor X11579457 X11596066 (ethyl metabolite) X11718922 (identified in the Australian report) X11719474 X11721061 PAGE 273-274: Toxicological data on metabolites X11719474, the major soil and plant metabolite of […]
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Sulfoxaflor: Court revokes approval of insecticide, citing ‘alarming’ decline in bees
Note from the Fluoride Action Network • A fluoridated pesticide • Molecular formula for Sulfoxaflor: C10-H10-F3-N3-O-S • See a review of it’s toxicity An appeals court Thursday overturned federal approval of an insecticide used on a variety of crops, ruling that it could hasten an already “alarming” decline in bees. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of […]
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Ten-year-old suffers traumatic brain injury after home fumigated with sulfuryl fluoride
A young Florida boy and his family are reeling after a routine termite treatment resulted in a devastating outcome. Ten-year-old Peyton McCaughey of Palm City, Florida has been in the hospital for weeks following a severe reaction to chemicals used to fumigate his family’s home. According to news reports, the fumigation was performed by Sunland Pest […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Florida boy hospitalized after termite fumigation at family’s home
PALM CITY, Fla. – The family of a 9-year-old boy plans to sue a pest control company. The family believes Terminix is to blame for an illness that sent 9-year-old Peyton McCaughey to the hospital. Bill Williams, the family attorney, says after the fumigation several weeks ago, the family returned to their home. Within hours, […]
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