U.S. Pushes to Boost Use of Ozone Damaging Fumigant

[LynneSin]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&e=2&u=/nm/environment_montreal_fumigant_dc

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. fruit growers in Montreal this week will push for an increase in their use of a pesticide known to destroy the ozone layer, claiming that exemptions for developing nations on the chemical are unfair.

Methyl bromide, a fumigant that kills soil and food pests, is due to be phased out by developed nations by January 1, 2005, under the 1987 Montreal Protocol to protect the atmosphere.

The George W. Bush administration last year attempted to exempt farmers from the 2005 ban. Negotiations on how much should be exempted for critical uses deadlocked last November at a U.N.-sponsored negotiating conference in Nairobi. Delegates hope to reach an agreement on the figure at a Montreal meeting this week.


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Only in Bush's America. And he's taking away our health coverage to pay for all that Skin Cancer we're going to get

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[DrWeird]

1. As an organic chemist...

I was absolutely shocked to learn that methyl bromide is used as a pesticide. It's some really nasty shit.

[Donkeyboy75]

5. Yeah, me too.

If you look it up in the Aldrich catalog, it says "HIGHLY TOXIC" and "FLAMMABLE GAS"

What a bunch of fucking idiots in the White House.

BTW, are you in industry or academics right now?

[Systematic Chaos]

2. But, it's okay if we run out of ozone...

...as long as we've all got lots of photochemical smog to help replace it!

<sarcasm = off>

[jamesinca]

3. The environmental president strikes again

got to love this man, if you are a chemical company.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. I'm sure New Zealand will be happy with that. NOT!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Karenina]

6. We see this or a similar ourage

almost DAILY. Hoe is it anyone is confused that corporate "interests" will be the death of us all?