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EPA to Bar Fluoride-Based Pesticide
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to grant three environmental groups’ petition to end the use of sulfuryl fluoride, an insecticide and food fumigant manufactured by Dow AgroSciences. The Dow product, approved by EPA as an alternative to methyl bromide, is used on hundreds of food commodities. Citing concerns about children’s […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: 2011 Predictions for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
Excerpt: Sulfuryl fluoride is another newly developed fumigant designed as a substitute for ozone-depleting fumigants like methyl bromide. Registered for certain food uses, it required a tolerance issued under the FFDCA as amended by FQPA. One of the requirements, the aggregate risk factor, forbids the tolerance to be issued if the ‘risk cup’ is already […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Facing Threat Of Suit, EPA Weighs Broad Effort To Address Fluoride’s Risks
Copyright 2010 Inside Washington Publishers. Reprinted with permission. Under pressure to make a decision about safe levels of exposure to a flouride-based pesticide, EPA and other agencies are planning comprehensive action to address the risks of a mineral that has long been added to drinking water to improve dental hygiene but which critics fear poses […]
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Cryolite: Public comments on reclassification & labelling due December 19, 2009
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will accept public comments on its proposal to harmonise the classification and labelling of cryolite. Comments are due by December 19. • Cryolite (Germany) – which is the main constituent of the electrolytic bath in the production of aluminium. Germany proposes to change the current classification by adding classification in […]
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Effects of weather conditions on sulfuryl fluoride and methyl bromide leakage during structural fumigation in a flour mill
Abstract A validated Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of structural fumigation was used to perform 54 fumigation simulations (half with sulfuryl fluoride, SF, and half with methyl bromide, MB) using recorded hourly average weather data for 4 July and 1 September at Indianapolis International Airport for the years 1996–2006. These weather data were used as […]
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NYS Attorney General supports revocation of all food tolerances of Dow AgroSciences fumigant sulfuryl fluoride
On August 4, the Office of NYS Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, submitted comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency in support of the revocation of the use of Dow AgroSciences food fumigant sulfuryl fluoride (ProFume®). Three groups (Fluoride Action Network, Environmental Working Group, Beyond Pesticides) petitioned EPA in June 2006 to revoke all food tolerances […]
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Groups Demand Immediate Halt to Food Uses of Fluoride-Based Pesticide
This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established a 30-day public comment period for a motion filed by three watchdog groups that seeks an immediate suspension of all food uses of the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride. The motion, filed by Environmental Working Group (EWG), Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and Beyond Pesticides, marks a pivotal step in […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Dispute over methyl bromide prompts debate on fluoride
EPA’s approval of a fluoride-based alternative to the ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide is triggering a broader fight over agency data justifying the use of fluoride to treat drinking water and combat pests — a dispute that could be heavily influenced by a major new scientific report expected in the coming weeks. The fight also highlights […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: NY approves pesticide despite unresolved health risks
Fluoride Action Network (FAN) urges the NYS Bureau of Pesticides to rescind their recent approval of a new food fumigant pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride, because serious health risks, raised by environmental groups, remain unanswered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a November 28, 2005 letter to Dow AgroSciences, Maureen Serafini, Director, NYS Bureau of […]
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NYS Approves Pesticide Despite Unresolved Health Risks
Fluoride Action Network (FAN) urges the NYS Bureau of Pesticides to rescind their recent approval of a new food fumigant pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride, because serious health risks, raised by environmental groups, remain unanswered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a November 28, 2005 letter to Dow AgroSciences, Maureen Serafini, Director, NYS Bureau of […]
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