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ACTIVITY: Insecticide,
Adjuvant (unclassified)
Systematic Names:
1-Octanesulfonic acid, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptadecafluoro-,
lithium salt
Lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulphonate
Structure:
Note
from FAN:
Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate is classified as a PFOS.
It is one of several hundred PFOS chemicals that were produced
mainly by 3M. [One of the most recognized uses was as a
stain repellant in SCOTCHGUARD.] In 2000, 3M announced that
it would end the production of approximately 150 PFOS chemicals.
At this same time US EPA was committed to a 100% phase out
of all PFOS. However, a few industries have successfully
petitioned for the use of small amounts due to lack of alternaitves.
We assume that sometime since 2001 Lithium perfluorooctane
sulfonate use as a pesticide was ended. However, this is
just an assumption, as manufacturers may have been allowed
to use up their stock, instead of destroying it (--- it
is unknown as to whether PFOS can be destroyed. There is
information that suggests it will be reduced to its most
toxic congener).
In February we will have
a PFOS section with a link available at this site.
"The
PFOS story is likely to emerge as one of the apocryphal examples
of 20th century experimentation
with
widespread chemical exposures:
prolific use and almost no testing for safety, until unexpectedly
and almost serendipitously, it is discovered as a contaminant
virtually everywhere. And
as is often the case in these stories, the company producing
PFOS products possessed
information hinting at its risks but chose not to share their
data with regulators or the public for years...
Ref: Our Stolen Future website
- http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/PFOS/2001-04pfosproblems.htm
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US
Federal Register |
Date
Published |
Docket
Identification Number |
Details |
Dec 9,
2002 |
OPPT-2002-0043 |
Perfluoroalkyl
Sulfonates; Significant New Use Rule. FINAL RULE.
EPA is issuing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under section
5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 75
substances including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOSH)
and certain of its salts (PFOSS), perfluorooctanesulfonyl
fluoride (POSF), certain higher and lower homologues of PFOSH
and POSF, and certain other chemical substances, including
polymers, that are derived from PFOSH and its homologues.
These chemicals are collectively referred to as perfluoroalkyl
sulfonates, or PFAS. This rule requires manufacturers and
importers to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing
the
manufacture or import of these chemical substances for the
significant new uses described in this document. EPA believes
that this action is necessary because the PFOSH component
of these chemical substances may be hazardous to human health
and the environment. The required notice will provide EPA
with the opportunity to evaluate an intended new use and associated
activities and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity
before it occurs.
Lithium
perfluorooctane sulfonate is one of the 75 affected chemicals.
EPA lists it as
1-Octanesulfonic acid, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-
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Sept
26, 2001 |
FIFRA-HQ-
2001-0003 |
S.C.
JOHNSON & SON - Request
to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations:
-- Sulfotine. EPA Reg. No. 004822-00457
-- Raid
TVK.
EPA Reg. No. 004822-00458 |
Oct 18, 2000 |
OPPTS-50639 |
Perfluorooctyl
Sulfonates; Proposed Significant New Use Rule; for the
following chemical substances: Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
(PFOSA) and certain of its salts (PFOSS), perfluorooctanesulfonyl
fluoride (PFOSF), certain higher and lower homologues of PFOSA
and PFOSF, and certain other chemical substances, including
polymers, that contain PFOSA and its homologues as substructures.
All of these chemical substances are referred to collectively
in this proposed rule as perfluorooctyl sulfonates, or PFOS.
This proposed rule would require manufacturers and importers
to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacture
or import of these chemical substances for the significant
new uses described in this document. EPA believes that this
action is necessary because the chemical substances included
in this proposed
rule may be hazardous to human health and the environment.
The required notice would provide EPA with the opportunity
to evaluate an intended new use and associated activities
and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before
it occurs.
Lithium
perfluorooctane sulfonate is one of the 75 affected chemicals.
EPA lists it as
1-Octanesulfonic acid, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-
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Sept
4, 1996 |
OPP-30419 |
S.C.
JOHNSON & SON - Application
to Register Pesticide Products. Raid TVK insecticide.
Active ingredient: Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate at 0.03
percent. Proposed classification/Use: General. For use as
a wasp and hornet bait trap. Sulfotine insecticide. Active
ingredient: Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate at 26 percent.
Proposed classification/Use: General. For manufacturing purpose
only. |
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