METHYL BROMIDE PHASE-OUT:WALLY HERGER

Congressional Testimony;  June 10, 1998 ;     690 words ......Committee 1p.m. June 10, 1998 Hearing on Methyl Bromide 1300 LHOB Mr. Chairman, Members of the...testify today regarding the phase out of methyl bromide. The continued availability of methyl bromide is critically important to the continued...

A fumigant's fate; scientists develop a system to make methyl bromide less...

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...On January 1, 2001, the fumigant methyl bromide will be withdrawn from use and production...States. Commonly used in agriculture, methyl bromide rids soil and harvested commodities...early 1990s, it became evident that methyl bromide has an ozone depletion value (ODV...

METHYL BROMIDE PHASE-OUT:KEITH PITTS

Congressional Testimony;  June 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ......date on research for alternatives to methyl bromide. I would like to commend this Subcommittee...the January 1, 2001 phaseout date for methyl bromide. Under Secretary for Research, Economics...Floyd Horn, have been working with methyl bromide users and scientists to ensure that...

Poisonberries. (growers seek to delay methyl bromide ban)

Sierra;  July 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......strawberry's commercial success is methyl bromide, a pesticide gas that is injected into...subsurface critters. Because it is odorless, methyl bromide has to be mixed with tear gas so farmworkers...to its deadly fumes. The toxicity of methyl bromide is not in dispute. The ...

Ozone warrior. (campaign against methyl bromide by Dr. Jonathan Banks,...

Ecos;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......last major ozone-depleting chemical, methyl bromide. But instead he stood resolute amid...banned chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), methyl bromide has no simple commercial substitute...the US Clean Air Act having listed methyl bromide as among those substances that 'cause...

Methyl bromide doesn't stick around. (an ozone depleting agent)

Science News;  October 28, 1995 ;     553 words ......more effect they are likely to have. Methyl bromide, a powerful ozone destroyer, may survive...protective layer, a new study suggests. Methyl bromide gets into the atmosphere in many ways...international ozone-protection treaty, froze methyl bromide production at 1991 levels; the ...

Life after methyl bromide: methyl bromide is one of the top five most...

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Eighty seven percent of methyl bromide is used by farmers prior to...recent United Nations report--methyl bromide depletes the ozone. The phase...States in 2003. The issue of methyl bromide While environmentalists are...

ENVIRONMENT: U.S. WANTS TO EXPAND FARM USE OF METHYL BROMIDE

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ......2003 NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (IPS/GIN) -- Methyl bromide, a hazardous pesticide that the industrialized...available approach that can replace methyl bromide without major adjustments in pest management...effect on the ozone layer," she added. Methyl bromide is one of the gases known to ...

METHYL BROMIDE PHASE-OUT:R. RODRIGUEZ-KABANA

Congressional Testimony;  June 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 R Rodriguez-Kabana Methyl Bromide Phase Out Testimony on the Phase-out of Methyl Bromide by R. Rodriguez-Kabana to The Subcommittee...allowing me to present information on the methyl bromide phase out. I am Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana...

Additional perspectives on the methyl bromide debate.(Mailbox: pest...

Pest Control;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......appeared as the Face-Off in September ( Methyl bromide position not shared by all NPMA members...comment on this discussion. In 1998, methyl bromide was completely withdrawn as a fumigant...and therefore we cannot live with out methyl bromide--come on, we can do better than this...

Ag-related firms worried ban on methyl bromide will harm their businesses.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Tribune Business News Nov. 6--Methyl bromide is a chemical fumigant used...already reducing the use of methyl bromide. In Stanislaus County, for...growers used 243,620 pounds of methyl bromide in 2000. By 2002, the most...

IMPACT OF BANNING METHYL BROMIDE:JAY CARPENTER

Congressional Testimony;  July 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Agricultural Consequences of Banning Methyl Bromide Before the Subcommittee on Livestock...House of Representatives 1. Overview Methyl bromide has been widely used for agricultural...raised over the impact that a ban on methyl bromide would have on U.S. agricultural producers...

METHYL BROMIDE UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND THE MONTREAL:MR. BILL PAULI...

Congressional Testimony;  June 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ......thousands of Farm Bureau members who use methyl bromide, I thank you for the opportunity to address you today regarding our concerns. Methyl bromide is an essential tool for crop production...food supply. As you are aware, use of methyl bromide in the U.S. is being phased-out in...

Moving Against Methyl Bromide

Peacework;  June 1, 1996 ;     376 words ......Sebastopol, CA 95473. "Do you use methyl bromide?" the nine-year-old girl anxiously...in Sonoma County. "No, I do not use methyl bromide," I was fortunately able to answer...the world's use of the highly toxic methyl bromide; 73% of this is for soil fumigation...

IMPACT OF BANNING METHYL BROMIDE:CAROL B. LOOP, JR.

Congressional Testimony;  July 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ......COMMITTEE REGARDING THE IMPACT OF BANNING METHYL BROMIDE Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members...opportunity to discuss the implications of a methyl bromide phase-out, not only as it applies to...Protection Act (FQPA). Crops dependent upon methyl bromide may also lose critical pest ...