DOW Proposes New Pesticide

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Sulfuryl fluoride gas was introduced as a replacement for methyl bromide, a widely used fumigant being phased out under the Montreal Protocol because of its ozone-destroying chemistry. Methyl bromide has been widely used for insect control in grain-storage facilities, and in intensive agriculture in arid lands where drip irrigation is combined with covering of the land with plastic sheets to control evaporation.

Public health and environmental advocates have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny a request from Dow AgroSciences for a permit allowing it to perform a test release of large amounts of sulfuryl fluoride gas in four states. Researcher Jens M????????(R)?hle of Scripps says, ?EUR??,,????'?????<