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A member asked:
How unsafe is vikane gas? my pest control company plans to use it when tenting my house for fumigation.
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Vikane gas is basically sulfuryl Fluoride which can be toxic to humans if inhaled (that's why they have you leave your house when it's fumigated). They don't let you back in until the air concentration is less than a certain amount deemed safe by your state. How much more unsafe are these residual amounts than lets say mercury in fish or pesticides on fruit? No good studies that i know of.
Answered 6/25/2014
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