Press Release by: Fluoride Action Network
(openPR) - 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 Pesticides, approved sulfuryl fluoride (ProFume®) fumigant on all processed foods and a large number of raw food commodities in New York. These are the foods most Americans eat.
In response, FAN’s Pesticide Project Director, Ellen Connett, requested Director Serafini to revoke this approval.
On January 4, 2006, Connett sent a letter to Director Serafini to inform her that three advocacy groups have raised serious concerns about the inherent dangers of sulfuryl fluoride’s use as a food fumigant. These issues have been presented to the EPA on three separate occasions, beginning in 2002, and remain unresolved.
In a November 28, 2005 letter to Dow AgroSciences, Maureen Serafini, Director, NYS Bureau of Pesticides, approved sulfuryl fluoride (ProFume®) fumigant on all processed foods and a large number of raw food commodities in New York. These are the foods most Americans eat.
In response, FAN’s Pesticide Project Director, Ellen Connett, requested Director Serafini to revoke this approval.
On January 4, 2006, Connett sent a letter to Director Serafini to inform her that three advocacy groups have raised serious concerns about the inherent dangers of sulfuryl fluoride’s use as a food fumigant. These issues have been presented to the EPA on three separate occasions, beginning in 2002, and remain unresolved.
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