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• Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

  USDA Presses EPA To Reconsider Fluoride Pesticide Ban, Seeks NAS Review

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is pressing EPA to examine options to maintain some uses of a fluoride based pesticide instead of banning the chemical as EPA has proposed, and is also urging the agency to delay action until the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) can review the science EPA is using to justify its proposal. […]

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• Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

  Auatralia extends fipronil review

   Note from Fluoride Action Network. Fipronil is a highly toxic pesticide. This is it’s molecular formula: Fipronil is a broad spectrum phenyl pyrazole insecticide that is used in both agricultural and veterinary situations. A review of fipronil commenced in 2003 following reports of adverse experiences in humans and animals. The initial review focused on human […]

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• Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

  Sulfuryl fluoride: EPA seeks additional public comment up to July 30

  On May 1, EPA published a Federal Register notice requesting comment on several issues raised during the 2011 comment period on the proposed tolerance revocation and stay request for the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride. Interested parties will have an opportunity to provide additional perspective and information on legal arguments raised during the previous comment period. EPA […]

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• Monday, February 27th, 2012

  Sulfuryl fluoride: Legislative Update – Raising Capitol Hill Awareness

  The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) represents the pest control industry’s interests on Capitol Hill through intense lobbying efforts. But the nature of politics is such that the work of a few individuals can only do so much. No one voice carries more weight with PCOs’ elected officials than their own voice. It was for […]

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• Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

  Sulfuryl fluoride: U.S. EPA fines Kama’aina Termite and Pest Control $17,000 for misuse of Vikane

  HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $17,000 fine against Kama’aina Termite & Pest Control, Inc. for misusing Vikane, a fumigant pesticide, at three houses and one luxury condominium, a violation of federal law. The company uses the EPA registered fumigant Vikane to treat structures for termite infestation and allegedly failed to […]

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• Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

  Sulfuryl fluoride: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) opposes phase out!

  Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) denial of Dow AgroSciences’ request for an administrative hearing to keep sulfuryl fluoride on the market, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sent a letter to the agency on June 29, 2011 opposing EPA’s phase-out of the toxic fumigant pesticide, which is marketed as a substitute for the outdated, […]

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• Friday, June 17th, 2011

  Sulfuryl fluoride: EPA rejects Dow’s request for hearing

  EPA last month rejected a Feb. 18 request by Dow AgroSciences to hold an administrative hearing under FIFRA related to EPA’s proposed decision to revoke tolerances for the insecticide sulfuryl fluoride and fluoride, a breakdown product. Administrative hearings related to tolerance revocations are normally held pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. However, […]

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• Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

  Sulfuryl Fluoride Comment Period Extended to July 5, 2011

  On April 6, EPA published a Federal Register Notice extending the comment period of the proposed phaseout of sulfuryl fluoride by 90 days to July 5, 2011. The Federal Register Notice also clarifies that rice is included among the commodities that will be affected by the recent EPA proposal. For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/sulfuryl-fluoride/ EFFECTIVE […]

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• Monday, March 14th, 2011

  15 conservation issues to watch

  Excerpts: … “Our aim was to identify technological advances, environmental changes, novel ecological interactions and changes in society that could have substantial impacts on the conservation of biological diversity […] whether beneficial or detrimental,” the authors write in the paper. Experts originally came up with 71 possible issues and then whittled it down to the […]

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• Friday, March 11th, 2011

  Resurgence of fipronil in China

   Note from Fluoride Action Network. Fipronil is a highly toxic pesticide. This is it’s molecular formula: The restriction of insecticide fipronil issued by the MOA, which banned its registrations, sales and usage on most crops in China since 2009, only exemptions have been granted for residential use, corn and exports. Yet the execution for fipronil […]

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