Strawberry Pesticide Up for Debate
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/08/03-11
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/08/03-11
Legislature investigates methyl iodide, slated for use in California
"In a letter authored by Senator Mark Leno and Assemblymember Bill Monning, and signed by twenty-five state legislators, the signatories called on Governor Schwarzenegger to keep the controversial pesticide methyl iodide out of California's strawberry fields. "We strongly believe that methyl iodide has no role to play in building a secure, viable and healthy agricultural economy in the 21st Century," said authors Senator Leno and Assemblymember Monning. On August 19, the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee will meet to explore the approval of methyl iodide and the potential impact on workers."
