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Tag: Methyl Bromide Mon, March 15, 2010

• Independent Panel Slams Strawberry Pesticide

  Feb 16, 2010, by Traci Hukill Environment
  

  How bad does a pesticide have to be before the California Department of Pesticide Regulation locks it up and throws away the key? We’ll soon find out. Last week a scientific review committee released a report on the fumigant methyl iodide, created by chemical company Arysta as an alternative to methyl bromide in strawberry fields.

• Critics Take Aim at New Strawberry Pesticide

  Jul 14, 2009, by Kat Lynch Environment
  

  If Gov. Schwarzenegger caves to political pressure, a new pesticide called methyl iodide could replace methyl bromide as the primary pest-fighter used by strawberry farmers. This might come as some relief to environmentalists who’ve been pushing the phaseout of the ozone-depleting methyl bromide. But there’s a catch: its would-be replacement is a highly volatile carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent.