Methyl bromide allegedly was sprayed in the apartment below a Delaware family. — -- Members of a Delaware family of four remain seriously ill after possibly being exposed to a pesticide, methyl ...

Operators of facilities that store or process crops treated with methyl bromide should take extra precautions to protect their workers from postharvest exposure to the fumigant, advise experts at UC ...

Scientists trying to help Florida growers find a replacement for methyl bromide are studying an alternative soil treatment that uses molasses as one of its ingredients. Farmers have been using methyl ...

Terminix, one of the largest pesticide companies in the world, agreed to pay $10 million in a case where a family of four became critically ill by exposure to methyl bromide, a very toxic pesticide ...

The Florida Turfgrass Association's 56 th Annual Conference and Show was recently held at the PGA National Resort and Spa, and by all accounts this was a successful event. There were numerous ...

While this article will likely inspire you to grow and eat organic rather than conventionally grown strawberries, it points out that even organic farmers rely on methyl bromide for their pathogen-free ...

WEBVTT LEN: BOTH WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. A DELAWARE FAMILY IS POISONED BY A TOXIC PESTICIDE. THEY GOT SICK WHILE VACATIONING IN THE CARIBBEAN ON SPRING BREAK. THEIR TWO SONS ARE IN CRITICAL ...

The pesticide that sickened a Delaware family in the Virgin Islands is banned for indoor fumigation but U.S. growers will still legally use more than 375 metric tons of the chemical on fields this ...

As anthrax and other biological weapons continue to be worrisome threats, a University of Florida researcher has found a common pest control agent called methyl bromide is more effective and cheaper ...

The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is considered the most successful environmental treaty. As a result of this accord, worldwide production and use of ...

Methyl bromide, a common pesticide and fumigant used to kill everything from worms to termites, is at the top of the agenda of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, ...