Information on Sulfuryl Fluoride
Find information on the registration status, continuous evaluation and mitigation measures in California to regulate this active ingredient. An active ingredient is the chemical that makes a pesticide work on a target pest.
Active Ingredient: Sulfuryl Fluoride
Type of Pesticide: Insecticide, Vertebrate Control
California Registration: Yes
EPA Registration: Yes
Fumigant: Yes
California Restricted Material: Yes
Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC): Yes
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC): No
Potential Groundwater Contaminant: No
Reevaluation Status: Concluded
Chemical Class: Inorganic Acid Halide
DPR Chemical Code: 618
Recent Reports and Announcements
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Documents
- SprayDays Factsheet: Sulfuryl Fluoride - English
- SprayDays Factsheet: Sulfuryl Fluoride - Spanish
- January 2021 - Sulfuryl Fluoride Structural Fumigation Mitigation Scoping Document - English pdf
- May 2020 - Addendum to the 2006 Risk Characterization Document of Sulfuryl Fluoride - English pdf
- May 2020 - Response to comments by Douglas Products and Packaging Company on DPR’s draft Addendum to the 2006 Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Characterization Document dated December 2018 - English pdf
- May 2020 - Response to comments by Ensystex II, Inc. on DPR’s draft Addendum to the 2006 Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Characterization Document dated December 2018 - English pdf
- May 2020 - Response to comments by US EPA on DPR’s draft Addendum to the 2006 Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Characterization Document dated December 2018 - English pdf
- May 2020 - Response to comments by Dr. Michele Bouchard on DPR’s draft Addendum to the 2006 Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Characterization Document dated December 2018 - English pdf
- May 2020 - Response to comments by Dr. Chensheng (Alex) Lu on DPR’s draft Addendum to the 2006 Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Characterization Document dated December 2018 - English pdf
- May 2020 - Response to comments by Dr. Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson on DPR’s draft Addendum to the 2006 Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Characterization Document dated December 2018 - English pdf
- May 2020 - Response to comments by Dr. Babasaheb Sonawane on DPR’s draft Addendum to the 2006 Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Characterization Document dated December 2018 - English pdf
- November 2017 - Completion of Worker Mitigation Measures for Structures Fumigated with Sulfuryl Fluoride - English pdf
- November 2017 - Summary of Review of Study 287400: Monitoring of Sulfuryl Fluoride and Chloropicrin Concentrations in Ambient Air around Residential Structures during a Beetle Rate Fumigation, Aeration and Post-Clearance - English pdf
- September 2017 - Recommendations Concerning Monitoring of Structural Fumigations: Past Work and Proposed Future Work - English pdf
- March 2017 - Establishing Sulfuryl Fluoride Uncertainty Factors of Acute and Short-Term Exposures - English pdf
- December 2015 - Results from Consultation with Stanislaus CAC Concerning Proposed Construction of Fumigation Chambers within a Nut Storage Warehouse - English pdf
- November 2015 - Results from Consultation with Sutter CAC Concerning Warehouse Fumigations Adjacent to a Processing Area at a Walnut Processing Plant - English pdf
- May 2013 - ENF 2013-07 - Revised California Aeration Plan and Update to Volume 4, Inspection Procedures, Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium
- October 2011 - ENF 2011-28 - Sulfuryl Fluoride Structural Labeling Changes: Chloropicrin PPE / Precautionary Statements
- May 2011 - ENF 2011-17 - Clarification of Recommended Permit Conditions for Sulfuryl Fluoride (Profume) for Nonresidential Facilities
- May 2011 - ENF 2011-16 - California Aeration Plan-Frequently Asked Questions
- October 2010 - ENF 2010-21 - Sulfuryl Fluoride Label Interpretation
- October 2010 - ENF 2010-20 - Implementation of California Aeration Plan for Structural Fumigations
- August 2010 - ENF 2010-10 - Extension of TRAP-to-CAP Transition
- April 2007 - Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Management Directive - English pdf
- June 2006 - Sulfuryl Fluoride Scientific Review Panel's Findings - English pdf
- September 2006 - Sulfuryl Fluoride (Vikane®) Risk Characterization Document Executive Summary - English pdf
- September 2006 - Sulfuryl Fluoride (Vikane®) Risk Characterization Document Volume I Health Risk Assessment - English pdf
- September 2006 - Director’s Proposed Decision Concerning Sulfuryl Fluoride as a Toxic Air Contaminant - English pdf
- September 2006 - Sulfuryl Fluoride (Vikane®) Risk Characterization Document Volume II Exposure Assessment - English pdf
- December 2005 - ENF 2005-031 - Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium Volume II - Sulfuryl Fluoride Regulation Replacement Pages
- July 2005 - Findings on the Health Effects of the Active Ingredient: Sulfuryl Fluoride - English pdf
- May 2005 - ENF 2005-016 - Recommended Permit Conditions for Sulfuryl Fluoride (ProFume) for Nonresidential Facilities
- January 2005 - ENF 2005-005 - Clarification of Vikane Label Regarding the Handling of Toothpaste and Mouthwash
- January 2005 - ENF 2005-003 - Inspection of Structures Prior to Introduction of Vikane
- March 2000 - ENF 2000-015 - Label Interpretation for Site/VikaneTM
Historic Documents
- May 2020 – Response to Comments from the Cal/EPA Scientific Peer Review Program
- July 2020 – Presentation on the Addendum to the Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Assessment
- June 2016 – Recommendations Concerning Site Location and Building of a Fumigation Chamber in Stanislaus County
- July 2014 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Agenda
- July 2014 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes
- July 2014 – Presentation on Mitigating Sulfuryl Fluoride Use in Structural Fumigations
- November 2013 – Initiation of Risk Mitigation for the Active Ingredient Sulfuryl Fluoride (Structural & Non-Food Commodity Uses
- November 2013 – Conclusions of Review of Sulfuryl Fluoride Concentrations Associated with Fumigation of Residential Structures as Measured in Studies Conducted During the Development of the California Aeration Plan
- July 2013 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Agenda
- July 2013 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes
- July 2013 – Presentation on the Final Decision Concerning the Sulfuryl Fluoride Structural Fumigant Reevaluation
- March 2013 – Final Decision Concerning Reevaluation of Certain Sulfuryl Fluoride Products Intended for Structural Fumigation
- December 2011 – Observations of a Fumigation/Aeration Adjoining my Home
- November 2009 – Protocol for Collection of Samples During Investigation of Fatalities Suspected to Involve Pesticides
- July 2008 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Agenda
- July 2008 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes
- July 2008 – Presentation on the Initiation of Sulfuryl Fluoride Reevaluation
- June 2008 – Decision to Initiate Reevaluation of Certain Sulfuryl Fluoride Products Intended for Structural Fumigation
- September 2006 – Volume III: Environmental Fate
- June 2005 – Report for The Air Monitoring Around a Structural Application of Sulfuryl Fluoride in Loomis, Summer 2004 (Appendices 1, 2, 3)
- June 2005 – Report for The Air Monitoring Around a Structural Application of Sulfuryl Fluoride in Grass Valley, Summer 2004 (Appendices 1, 2, 3)
- January 2004 – Results from Air Monitoring Study Conducted in Southern California in Post-Fumigated Structures Entered by Gas Utility Workers
- September 2003 – Pesticide Data Evaluation - Sulfuryl Fluoride (SBRA 201306E)
- June 2003 – Report for Air Monitoring Around a Structural Application of Sulfuryl Fluoride, Fall 2002 (Appendices)
- June 1995 – California Structural Fumigation Pest Control, Industry Standard Tarpaulin Removal Aeration Plan
- April 1990 – A Survey of the Warning Agent Concentration (Chloropicrin) Present Immediately Behind the Tarpaulin of Residences Undergoing Fumigation
- September 1989 – Evaluation of Clearing Procedures Following Methyl Bromide and Sulfuryl Fluoride (Vikane) Structural Pest Control Fumigation