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Article: California regulators review use of pesticide on strawberry
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 3, 2009
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California regulators review use of pesticide on strawberry
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Facing accusations that they were
fast tracking approval of a known carcinogen, California pesticide
regulators have resumed a review of the fumigant methyl iodide for
use on strawberry fields, it was reported on Monday.
The move came after 27 state legislators urged state officials in
a letter sent last Monday to look more closely at the risks of
methyl iodide, a compound listed under a provision of 1986's
Proposition 65 as a carcinogen, according to the Los Angeles Times.
A peer review of methyl iodide had been suspended during the
state budget crisis, prompting concern from legislators and ...