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Vikane: Exterminator, 2 Employes Indicted in 2 Va. Deaths
The Washington Post| January 6, 1987
Posted on January 6, 1987 Location: National USANote from FAN: Vikane is Sulfuryl Fluoride, it’s molecular structure is:


The Orkin Exterminating Co. Inc. and two of its employes were indicted today on two counts each of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of a Southwest Virginia couple allegedly poisoned by a fumigant sprayed at their house, the Grayson County, Va., prosecutor said.
A medical examiner ruled that their hearts and lungs had collapsed from exposure to sulfuryl fluoride, of which Vikane is made. A Dow Chemical spokesman said last fall that Vikane has been used without problem for 25 years…