Toxic Pesticide May Be Sprayed On Local Fields
Methyl Iodide May Soon Replace Methyl Bromide
Methyl Iodide May Soon Replace Methyl Bromide
"A chemical considered so toxic that many chemists refuse to even handle it may soon be sprayed on strawberry fields around the Central Coast.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation is looking to replace methyl bromide -- a pesticide that, when sprayed, drifts into the atmosphere and damages the ozone layer -- with methyl iodide to control pests on Ag field in Salinas and Watsonville."
