Unregulated Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Potent Pesticide Impact Climate Crisis and Public Health - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Elevated emission levels of sulfuryl fluoride are being released in California amidst climate crisis and are affecting public health.

In the midst of a #climate crisis & a lack of government tracking of #sulfurylfluoride emissions, researchers from @JohnsHopkinsEHE @Scripps_Ocean @NOAAGML find elevated levels being released in #CA. 🌎 #pesticide #greenhousegas #publichealth Daily News:

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Deaths from Building Fumigation Raise Long-standing Health Concerns, Calls for Ban and Adoption of Alternatives - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, June 28, 2023) An autopsy report from the Broward County Medical Examiner’s office in Florida found that acute exposure to the fumigant sulfuryl fluoride resulted in the death of two pest control workers from Pompano Beach. After the fumigation of a Pompano Beach warehouse in April, three workers fell ill, and two died after pesticide application. The highly toxic chemical can be used by the chemical pest control industry for killing termites, powder post beetles, old house borers, bedbugs, carpet beetles, moths, cockroaches, rats, and mice. In addition to being highly acutely toxic, sulfuryl fluoride, as a fluoride compound, can cause various chronic adverse health effects, including cancer, endocrine disruption, neurotoxicity (reduced IQ), and reproductive damage. This case represents the broader issue of how toxic chemical compounds can enter the body, causing physiological damage. In fact, just last March 2023, a case report article published in Frontier in Public Health confirms one of the first reported deaths from inhalation of the fumigant 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D or Telone) during work, resulting in acute renal (kidney) failure, hyperkalemia (high potassium levels in the blood), and brain edema (swelling). Considering over 300 environmental contaminants and their byproducts, including pesticides, are chemicals commonly present in human blood and urine samples, toxicity risk increases when entering the […]

#Broward County Office of Medical Examiner in #Florida found acute exposure to #sulfurylfluoride resulted in two #pest control worker deaths after warehouse #fumigation in #PompanoBeach. #pesticides #dailynews #health Blog:

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Common Home Fumigation Pesticide Associated with Increased Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, January 11, 2022) A study finds that the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride, used for insect (i.e., termites, bedbugs, cockroaches, etc.) fumigation treatments, increases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to the report, “Termite Fumigation in California Is Fueling the Rise of a Rare Greenhouse Gas.” Not only do most sulfuryl fluoride emissions in the U.S. occur in California, but a majority of global emissions also occur in California. When the use of methyl bromide for agricultural and structural fumigation was phased-out under the Montreal Protocol, sulfuryl fluoride became a replacement for fumigation treatments. However, researchers have identified concentrations of sulfuryl fluoride in the atmosphere due to the chemical’s long half-life and greenhouse warming potential (GWP). The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 does not list sulfuryl fluoride emissions as a GHG risk. Therefore, the researchers note, “This work emphasizes the importance of considering [sulfuryl fluoride] SO2F2 in state and national greenhouse gas inventories and emissions reduction strategies.” Researchers employed geostatistical inverse model (GIM)—commonly used to estimate GHG fluxes—alongside atmospheric measurements of sulfuryl fluoride to estimate emissions throughout the United States. Using programmable flask packages (PFPs), researchers examined atmospheric observational data from towers, observatories, and aircraft, measuring concentrations of sulfuryl fluoride via gas chromatography-mass […]

#Sulfurylfluoride for #insect #termite #bedbug & #cockroach #fumigation treatments increases #greenhousegasemissions due to chemical’s long half-life & #greenhousewarmingpotential #GWP.#GHG #globalwarming #fumigation #GWP #pesticides #globalwarming

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