Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

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&~ar;~ent oG 1,g~icy;:dr~ 3::d it i: 8inliiai;/ :nz: given 5 , 515.30 ~
cast o? cne co;lars ixc.y r3fic::er~ ,/~uIG SUTZ!~ZS~ cs; iars fz~t :;:e Zurpss
<strong>of</strong> cotai ni ng i 680. Xr. i4cSride 1 i kenzd such a pr3~~i c2 co 2uy'ng
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2 pickup in orcer to obtain 2 tank <strong>of</strong> gasoline. in sum, whill it is
clear that the extrsne toxicity <strong>of</strong> Compound 1086 requi res car-eiul
monitoring if it is to be used in any fom, the violations ~f Qiz
resrrictions shown by this rzcord ar= not a safficient jasis :o deny
i ts regi strati on for the uses aurfiori z2d kroi n .
204. Efforts to deveiop an zntidote for sodium fluorgac2cate poisoning have
been unsuccessful to date and troatiient Ss symptomatic, neaning that
tnerg is no specific Yreatzent. A three-year old girl (She? ley i400dward)
Idas ,hos?i tai i zed i n a comatose condi xion 3f t2r Sei ng found wi th a
mouthf~li <strong>of</strong> oats wnich kad ;eon scaked in an iinknown a~ount <strong>of</strong> jodium
fl uoroacetat~. She xas trcarod ,di ~ f e-~hyl
t a1 coho1 , sodium ace~ate 2nd
ac~tamide. She revived after 50 hours and appeared compiet2ly norm1
after 72 hours. Dr. Rurnack, however, insistsd that che treatments had
nothing to do with her ~PCOVE!~~, the child having r~ceived a sub-iethai
dose and that the significance <strong>of</strong> hospizalization ,das in supportive
care, i .g., rnaintenznce <strong>of</strong> bodily functions. Ee tescf fiea tnat if
the treatments were effective, she would have revived more quickly.
Dr. 8ogusky was <strong>of</strong> the opinion that she had received a sub-lethal
dose, but nevertheless stat2d that she would have died without the
treatments.
27/ It is noted, however, that South Dakota's application for the
use <strong>of</strong>1080 in the toxic collar contemplates that conti-01 <strong>of</strong> retrieved
collars will remain with ADC personnel and it is not clear that it is
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