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Comment 46 for Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Draft Strategy (slcpdraftstrategy-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Susan
Last Name: Anderson
Email Address: susanjam@yahoo.com
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Subject: Include SO2F2 in your greenhouse gas reduction strategy
Comment:
SO2F2 has been identified as a significant driver of global warming
and is increasingly used in California as a replacement for methyl
bromide (being phased out globally for its ozone depleting
properties.

It's a very potent greenhouse gas with high toxicity
It builds up as residue on food and poses a threat to children
It is in increasing use in California as a replacement pesticide
for methyl bromide
California uses an astonishing 50% of the global total - 3 million
pounds in 2013, according to DPR
If it were added to CARB's greenhouse gas inventory, it would
increase California's F-gas total by 25%
Yikes! That's bad... How can I help?

CARB now has a prime opportunity to raise the profile of the threat
posed by SO2F2 to climate change reduction efforts. 

CARB has known for six years that SO2F2 is a potent greenhouse gas
- it's time to add it to your inventory of greenhouse gases.

CARB's strategy must include a serious study of alternatives to
this harmful pesticide.

California can't lead the world both in efforts to reduce SLCPs,
and in global use of SO2F2. Which is it to be?

Dow's preferred replacement for methyl bromide doesn't solve
anything. Methyl bromide was phased out under the Montreal Protocol
for its ozone depleting properties. Don't replace it with another
driver of global warming.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this critical issue.

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-10-29 18:49:02



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