Santa Cruz Sentinel For decades, strawberry farmers relied on the fumigant methyl bromide to cleanse their fields of disease and pests before planting. But methyl bromide is being phased out under international treaty aimed at protecting the ozone layer. Every year, there ...
The Produce News Larry JacobsAfter his own dangerous encounter with pesticides in his early 20s, Jacobs dedicated his life's work to championing organic farming with innovative non-toxic pest control . He founded California-based Jacobs Farm, which claims to be the ... and more »
TheGrower Growers are finding they can cut costs, preserve the environment and even boost yields by using plant-based biofumigants rather than conventional fumigants like methyl bromide to control soilborne pests in fields. The most commonly used biofumigants ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release) There is a tiny, but very strategic project to find cost-effective alternatives to methyl bromide , which is a fumigant for our forestry exports. It is also an ozone depleting substance. But it underwrites some $3 billion dollars of exports. We need to ... and more »
Santa Maria Sun There's now a time lapse between fumigant application and when field workers are allowed back into the fields; chemicals like methyl bromide are being phased out; and applications are more targeted than they once were. But pesticide-related health ... and more »
Marlborough Express It protested against the use of methyl bromide on logs in Picton in 2009 because of perceived risks to public health. It also opposed NZ King Salmon's application to build more fish farms during the Environmental Protection Authority's board of inquiry ...
NewsDay For example, campaigning for the phasing out of methyl bromide , a highly toxic poison, began as early as 1998. But there is evidence that the chemical is still currently being used. “This explains why incidences of patients with strange diseases are ...
