Law360, New York (January 11, 2011, 5:55 PM ET) -- Following more than half a decade of wrangling with environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a proposed order to ban sulfuryl fluoride — a gas used to fumigate food storage units — by 2014.
The proposed EPA order issued Tuesday is the long-delayed result of a 2004 petition by two environmental groups, the Fluoride Action Network and Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, that argued the residue sulfuryl fluoride fumigation left in foods such as coffee, grains and nuts exceeded safe...
US Proposes Ban On Fluoride Fumigant
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