As anthrax and other biological weapons continue to be worrisome threats, a University of Florida researcher has found a common pest control agent called methyl bromide is more effective and cheaper ...

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 ...

Methyl bromide allegedly was sprayed in the apartment below a Delaware family. — -- Members of a Delaware family of four remain seriously ill after possibly being exposed to a pesticide, methyl ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is considered the most successful environmental treaty. As a result of this accord, worldwide production and use of ...

Farmers and exporters who rely on Methyl bromide for the control of certain agricultural pests should ignore the recent warning of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on ...

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 ...