(Beyond Pesticides, May 23, 2011) A California farm growing chile peppers has become the first in the state of California to use the highly toxic and controversial soil fumigant methyl iodide. Despite ...

Facing accusations that they were fast tracking approval of a known carcinogen, state pesticide regulators have resumed a review of the fumigant methyl iodide for use on strawberry fields. A peer ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A coalition of environmental and farmworker groups is urging ...

AT THE BEGINNING of October, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of the highly toxic and controversial fumigant methyl iodide to control soil-borne diseases and pests, primarily in ...

THE ARTICLE on methyl iodide has me shaking my head (C&EN, Oct. 27, page 28). Every organic chemist in the world should shudder at the thought of producing massive amounts of methyl iodide to fumigate ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The maker of the controversial pesticide methyl iodide, used primarily to fumigate strawberries, has agreed to remove all of its products from the U.S. market and end sales ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The quantum yield of molecular iodine produced in the photolysis of gaseous methyl iodide is markedly increased by the presence of small ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 13, 2009) With the stroke of a pen, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger could bow to industry interests and force the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to register a ...

The powerful fumigant methyl bromide will be retired from California’s strawberry fields at the end of this year after more than 20 years of fierce debate over its effects and alternatives. According ...