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Sulfuryl fluoride: Gene Harrington Leaves NPMA
FAIRFAX, Va. — Gene Harrington, vice president of government affairs, National Pest Management Association, has left the association after a 20-year tenure. Harrington departed the association for another career opportunity on Feb. 27. Harrington left NPMA to become the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s Director of State Advocacy for State Government Affairs, Food and Agriculture. Leaving NPMA […]
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Q&A: Pest-control poison 1080
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 For more info, albeit outdated, go to http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/pesticides/sodium.fluoroacetate-page.htm The controversial poison 1080 has a history of causing division. What is 1080? The toxin Sodium Fluoroacetate, typically called 1080, was first approved for use in New Zealand in 1964 to control […]
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Sodium fluoroacetate: Poisoned possums threat
Molecular formula: No beach days for Fido this summer – the risk of 1080-poisoned possums washing up on Wellington shorelines has prompted the regional council to warn that pets be kept away. After heavy rain, carcasses could wash downstream along the Hutt River and on to beaches after recent poison drops of sodium fluoroacetate, or […]
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Bromethalin: Choteau vet warns pet owners about new form of rat poison
Molecular formula for Bromethalin Choteau veterinarian Kristin Boroff is adding her warning to a chorus of veterinarians nationwide who are seeing an increase in fatal accidental poisonings of pets who have ingested new-generation rodent killers that contain a lethal neurotoxin. Last week Boroff, who practices at the Double Arrow Veterinary Clinic, said she has recently […]
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Sodium fluoroacetate: 1080 drop makes toxic picnic
Molecular formula: Gwen Gardner and Kathleen Bartlett say they are not 1080 protestors and that their picnic in a 1080 drop zone was not a publicity stunt. The sisters say their health is struggling after they unwittingly found themselves in the path of poison – an aerial drop of 1080 on the West Coast. They’re […]
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California pesticides division discusses sulfuryl fluoride
Introductions and Committee Business -Ann Prichard, Chair, DPR a. About thirty-five (35) people attended the meeting. b. No corrections to the previous meeting minutes, held on May 16, 2014 identified. 2. Sulfuryl Fluoride (Structural) Mitigation Efforts Kevin Solari, DPR, Linda O’Connell, DPR, and Pam Wofford, DPR In September 2006, […]
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Bifenthrin.
Abstract Bifenthrin (CAS 82657-04-3) is a synthetic derivative of pyrethrins found in chrysanthemum flower extracts and is used as an insecticide. Bifenthrin is neurotoxic and targets voltage-gated sodium channels in neurons. Its low toxicity in mammals has resulted in widespread use both in agricultural and urban applications. Unfortunately, bifenthrin is highly toxic to aquatic animals […]
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Dow, EPA call on court to uphold approval of sulfoxaflor
Dow Agrosciences is urging a federal court to affirm EPA’s approval of its insecticide sulfoxaflor, arguing the agency adequately assessed the potential risks of the pesticide to bees and other pollinators. The record “provides no basis for overturning the agency’s decision,” the company writes in a legal brief filed March 7 with the U.S. 9th […]
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Farm Bill Signed into Law; Sulfuryl Fluoride Food Uses will Continue. Dow won.
On Friday, President Barack Obama signed legislation into law retaining the food uses for the fumigant sulfuryl fluoride. The measure is part of the much larger, 950-page plus Farm Bill Conference Report. The enactment of the sulfuryl fluoride provision caps offs a monumental legislative victory for the National Pest Management Association – one that would […]
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Farm Bill Would Prohibit Consideration Of All Fluoride Sources in Risk Assessment
Pesticide Provisions in Farm Bill Key Development: Farm bill includes language requiring EPA to exclude nonpesticidal sources of fluoride in aggregate risk assessment of sulfuryl fluoride residues. Impact: Language would prevent EPA from moving ahead with proposed withdrawal of sulfuryl fluoride tolerances, according to the Fluoride Action Network. What’s Next: The Senate is expected to […]
United States, National USA Pesticides
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