NORTH CAROLINA (WECT) - On Thursday, state environmental regulators announced stricter rules for using the toxic gas methyl bromide, soon requiring all sites in North Carolina to capture and control ...

WEBVTT LEN: BOTH WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. A DELAWARE FAMILY IS POISONED BY A TOXIC PESTICIDE. THEY GOT SICK WHILE VACATIONING IN THE CARIBBEAN ON SPRING BREAK. THEIR TWO SONS ARE IN CRITICAL ...

Terminix, one of the largest pesticide companies in the world, agreed to pay $10 million in a case where a family of four became critically ill by exposure to methyl bromide, a very toxic pesticide ...

The pesticide that sickened a Delaware family in the Virgin Islands is banned for indoor fumigation but U.S. growers will still legally use more than 375 metric tons of the chemical on fields this ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists trying to help Florida growers find a replacement for methyl bromide are studying an alternative soil treatment that uses molasses as one of its ...

Four years have passed since methyl bromide was phased out nationally, but farmers say there still is no economically viable alternative for use on California strawberries. Methyl bromide is a highly ...

Methyl bromide, a common pesticide and fumigant used to kill everything from worms to termites, is at the top of the agenda of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, ...

The Florida Turfgrass Association's 56 th Annual Conference and Show was recently held at the PGA National Resort and Spa, and by all accounts this was a successful event. There were numerous ...

Strawberries were Monterey County's top crop in 2013, with a gross value of nearly $870 million. But the phase-out of a soil fumigant partly responsible for strawberries' climbing value could push ...

Methyl bromide is a popular agricultural fumigant that can kill fungi, insects, weeds, nematodes, and bacteria. Unfortunately, it also depletes stratospheric ozone. Now researchers have devised a ...

Scientists trying to help Florida growers find a replacement for methyl bromide are studying an alternative soil treatment that uses molasses as one of its ingredients. Farmers have been using methyl ...