Active Ingredient: Sulfuryl Fluoride
Human Health Risk Assessment and Mitigation
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Overview
- Name: Sulfuryl Fluoride
- DPR Chemical Code: 618
- Chemical Class: Inorganic Acid Halide
- Pesticide Types Registered: Insecticide, Vertebrate Control
- Fumigant: Yes
- California Restricted Material: Yes
- Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC): Yes
- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Regulations: No
- Potential Groundwater Contaminant: No
- Reevaluation: Concluded
Risk Characterization Documents (RCDs) estimate the nature and likelihood of adverse health effects in humans who may be exposed to pesticides.
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May 2020 – Addendum to the 2006 Risk Characterization Document of Sulfuryl Fluoride
- May 2020 – Response to Comments from Douglas Products, PDF
- May 2020 – Response to Comments from Ensystex II, Inc., PDF
- May 2020 – Response to Comments from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, PDF
- May 2020 – Response to Comments from the Cal/EPA Scientific Peer Review Program
- Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC) Assessment
- September 2006 – Director's Proposed Decision (PDF)
- September 2006 – Executive Summary (PDF)
- Volume I: Health Risk Assessment (PDF)
- Volume II: Exposure Assessment (PDF)
- Volume III: Environmental Fate (PDF)
- June 2006 – Scientific Review Panel's Findings (PDF)
- July 2005 – Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment's Findings (PDF)
Other Documents
- 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 (PDF)
- September 2017 – Recommendations Concerning Monitoring of Structural Fumigations: Past Work and Proposed Future Work (PDF)
- March 2017 – Establishing Sulfuryl Fluoride Uncertainty Factors of Acute and Short-Term Exposures (PDF)
- June 2016 – Recommendations Concerning Site Location and Building of a Fumigation Chamber in Stanislaus County (PDF)
- December 2015 – Results from Consultation with Stanislaus CAC Concerning Proposed Construction of Fumigation Chambers within a Nut Storage Warehouse (PDF)
- November 2015 – Results from Consultation with Sutter CAC Concerning Warehouse Fumigations Adjacent to a Processing Area at a Walnut Processing Plant (PDF)
- 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 (PDF)
- December 2011 – Observations of a Fumigation/Aeration Adjoining my Home (PDF)
- November 2009 – Protocol for Collection of Samples During Investigation of Fatalities Suspected to Involve Pesticides (PDF)
- June 2005 – Report for The Air Monitoring Around a Structural Application of Sulfuryl Fluoride in Grass Valley, Summer 2004
- Appendices 1, 2, 3
- June 2005 – Report for The Air Monitoring Around a Structural Application of Sulfuryl Fluoride in Loomis, 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 (PDF)
- September 2003 – Pesticide Data Evaluation - Sulfuryl Fluoride (SBRA 201306E) (PDF)
- 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 (PDF)
- April 1990 – A Survey of the Warning Agent Concentration (Chloropicrin) Present Immediately Behind the Tarpaulin of Residences Undergoing Fumigation (PDF)
- September 1989 – Evaluation of Clearing Procedures Following Methyl Bromide and Sulfuryl Fluoride (Vikane) Structural Pest Control Fumigation (PDF)
RMDs identify pesticide exposures that require mitigation in order to further protect human health.
- April 2007 – Risk Management Directive (PDF)
- January 2021 – Sulfuryl Fluoride Structural Fumigation Mitigation Scoping Document (PDF)
- November 2017 – Completion of Worker Mitigation Measures for Structures Fumigated with Sulfuryl Fluoride, (PDF)
Enforcement Letters
- 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
- December 2005 – ENF 2005-031 - Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium Volume II - Sulfuryl Fluoride Regulation Replacement Pages
- 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
- July 2020 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- Presentation on the Addendum to the Sulfuryl Fluoride Risk Assessment (Available upon request via email to publicrecords@cdpr.ca.gov)
- June 2020 – Notice of Completion of Addendum to the Risk Characterization Document for the Active Ingredient Sulfuryl Fluoride, PDF
- July 2014 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- Mitigating Sulfuryl Fluoride Use in Structural Fumigations
- Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- November 2013 – Initiation of Risk Mitigation (PDF)
- July 2013 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- Final Decision Concerning the Sulfuryl Fluoride Structural Fumigant Reevaluation (PDF)
- Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- March 2013 – Final Decision Concerning Reevaluation of Certain Sulfuryl Fluoride Products Intended for Structural Fumigation (PDF)
- July 2008 – Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- Initiation of Sulfuryl Fluoride Reevaluation (PDF)
- Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- June 2008 – Decision to Initiate Reevaluation of Certain Sulfuryl Fluoride Products Intended for Structural Fumigation (PDF)
- Pesticide Product Database
- Human Health Assessment Branch Memos
- Human Health Assessment Branch Publications, Posters/Abstracts and Presentations
- Worker Health and Safety Reports and Memos
- Environmental Monitoring Branch Publications
- Air Monitoring Network
- Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR)
- California Pesticide Illness Query (CalPIQ)
- Environmental Justice (EJ)
- OEHHA Proposition 65 Information
- U.S. EPA Pesticide Chemical Search
- PubChem-Chemical Information
For content questions, contact:
Christine Herrera
Worker Health and Safety Branch
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 445-4261
E-mail: Christine.Herrera@cdpr.ca.gov
Ann Hanger
Pesticide Registration Branch
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 324-3535
E-mail:
Ann.Hanger@cdpr.ca.gov