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Monday, June 28, 2010

Sign the Petition to Stop the Use of Methyl Iodide in Strawberry Fields

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Sign the Petition to Stop the Use of Methyl Iodide!

We, the undersigned, ask the California Department of Pesticide Regulation not to approve the use of the toxic fumigant methyl iodide on strawberries.

This winter, a state-commissioned Scientific Review Committee concluded that use of methyl iodide "would result in exposures to a large number of the public and thus would have a significant adverse impact on the public health."

California produces most of the nation's strawberries, so your decision affects us all. We do not want to support an industry that jeopardizes the health of workers, children and the environment by using a fumigant known to cause cancer, neurological disorders, and miscarriages.

Do not approve methyl iodide as a soil fumigant.