Adverse Effects:

Endocrine: Testicular
Fetotoxic
Kidney
Reproductive/Developmental

See also PFOA perfluorinated chemicals

Environmental Effects:

As a class, fluorinated organic compounds are resistant to microbial degradation and photolysis.

The estimated volatilization half-life from a model pond is 107 years if adsorption is considered. An estimated BCF of 500 suggests the potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is high.

Violation: August 22, 2001

Largest Pesticide Penalty in New York State history - $950,000 - against S.C. Johnson for illegally distributing unsafe sulfluramid roach baits.

According to Attorney General Spitzer. "This product was marketed for home use and was labeled as child resistant when it was not."

"... According to an EPA assessment, if a child ingested the bait, he or she could suffer irreversible reproductive damage, and boys could be rendered infertile."
Ref: August 22, 2001 Press Release. Office of the New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/sulfluramid.largest.fine.01.htm

December 9, 2002: In a "Significant New Use Rule" - published in the Federal Register, EPA states:

All pesticide products containing sulfluramid are under a specific timeline to be phased out by 2016. The pesticide products that are registered are for use in a variety of enclosed termite, ant, and roach bait stations. These products are pre-filled and sold only in child-resistant packaging. Products containing sulfluramid have not been registered for food or crop uses.

Finitron
Firstline
FluorGuard
Frontline
GX-071 

• See list at bottom of page

US

King's Laboratory, Inc
424 Blythewood Road Blythwood, South Carolina 29016  

All pesticide products containing sulfluramid are under a specific timeline to be phased out by 2016. The pesticide products that are registered are for use in a variety of enclosed termite, ant, and roach bait stations. These products are pre-filled and sold only in child-resistant packaging. Products containing sulfluramid have not been registered for food or crop uses.
[Note: see above, largest fine in NY state history against manufacturer of sulfluramid roach baits because they were not "child resistant."]
Ref: Federal Register. Vol. 67, No. 236. December 9, 2002. Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates; Significant New Use Rule. Final Rule.
http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/pfos.pfas.fr.dec.9.2002.pdf

Negotiated phase-out of sulfluramid and LPOS pesticides -- The Agency [EPA] has succeeded in negotiating a phase-out of pesticide products containing sulfluramid or LPOS (the active ingredient) with the following companies: Griffin L.L.C., FMC Corporation, Chemsico, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., and Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. These chemicals are in the same chemical class as the perfluorooctyl sulfonates (PFOS related) which 3M Company announced last year it would be phasing out of its product line (May 16, 2000). The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), has been working closely with the non-pesticide applications of these chemicals to promote product stewardship and responsible environmental management with the user community. In large part driven by the long half-life of these chemicals, EPA has concerns related to reproductive effects and to ecological effects from either the purposeful use or the inadvertent exposure to the environment of these products. Sulfluramid and LPOS are formulated in bait stations for the control of ants, roaches, termites, wasps and hornets in and around homes. The registrants associated with these products are interested in product stewardship ideals and, therefore, have agreed to either immediately voluntarily cancel some of their products or agree to a time line under which these products will be phased-out. Of most interest to OPP is the fact that there will be no new sulfluramid stock produced from which to manufacture more of these products/baits. OPP views this negotiated phase-out as a win for human health and the environment. [OPMP Update 8/6/01].
Ref: Maryland Cooperative Extension Newsletter, Pesticide Notes. August 2001. Vol 20, No. 8
http://pest.umd.edu/spatc/PesticideNotes/20-8.pdf

Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations.
Under terms of a memorandum of agreement the effective date of cancellation for these four registrations will be December 31, 2005, and the existing stocks date will be December 31, 2006. The four registrations in question are:

Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates; Significant New Use. FINAL RULE.
-- "All pesticide products containing sulfluramid are under a specific timeline to be phased out by 2016. The pesticide products that are registered are for use in a variety of enclosed termite, ant, and roach bait stations. These products are pre-filled and sold only in child-resistant packaging. Products containing sulfluramid have not been registered for food or crop uses."

Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations.
-- Chemsico - Chemsico Roach Control System CS. EPA Reg. No. 009688-00131
-- Griffin - Indoor Roach Bait. EPA Reg. No. 001812-00354
-- Griffin - Finitron Brand Sulfuramid RB MUP. EPA Reg. No. 001812-00448

EPA intends to grant Griffin and Chemsico's request for voluntary cancellation of these registrations on December 31, 2002. Griffin and Chemsico have waived the 180-day comment period provided for in FIFRA section 6(f). The comment period will be the required 30 days from notice in the Federal Register. After the registrations are canceled, EPA will permit Griffin to sell and distribute Registration 001812- 00448, Finitron Brand Sulfluramid RB MUP until July 25, 2003, and Registration 001812-00354, Indoor Roach Bait until December 31, 2003, and permit Chemisco to sell and distribute Registration 009688-0013, Chemsico Roach Control System CS until December 31, 2003 and permit Chemisco to sell and distribute Registration 009688-0013, Chemsico Roach Control System CS until December 31, 2003.

• Requests to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations:
• FMC Corp. First Line Termite Bait. EPA Reg. No. 000279 LA-95-0014
• FMC Corp. Firstline GT Plus Termite Bait Station. EPA Reg. No. 000279 LA-98-0010
• S.C. Johnson & Son. Raid Max Ant Bait. EPA Reg. No. 004822-00356
• S.C. Johnson & Son. Raid Double Control Ant Baits. EPA Reg. No. 004822-00508

• Requests to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations:
• FMC Corp. Firstline GT Plus Termite Bait Station. EPA Reg. No. 000279 LA-98-0010
• Whitmire. Pro-Control Roach Bait. EPA Reg. No. 000499-00460
• Griffin. GX-071 Technical. EPA Reg. No. 001812-00327
• S.C. Johnson & Son. Raid Max Roach Bait. EPA Reg. No. 004822-00355

WHITMIRE - Request to Voluntarily Cancel pesticide registration for Pro-Control Roach Bait.