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Methyl Iodide in the Media

April 27, 2011 The Daily Titan, "Killer Strawberries Coming to a Supermarket Near You"

March 24, 2011 Monterey County Weekly, "Years after approving the strawberry fumigant pesticide methyl iodide, EPA may reconsider"

March 10, 2011 Monterey County Weekly, "The Midas Touch, The Midas Effect"

February 23, 2011 SF Gate, "Scientist Slams state for OKing toxic pesticide"

January 20, 2011 Ventura Country Reporter, "County Refrains from Methyl iodide Use, For Now"

Press Releases

March 22, 2011: As Embattled CA Pesticide Chief Steps Down, Feds Consider Petition to Ban Cancer Causing Pesticide

January 3, 2011: Farmworkers and Environmental Health Organizations File Methyl Iodide Lawsuit

December 1, 2010: Corporate Pressure Defeats Science on Methyl Iodide

September 13, 2010: Florida Evidence Shows Groundwater Contamination by Methyl Iodide

Videos

Methyl iodide press conference in California's state capitol in Summer 2010:

Watch John Froines, had of the Scientific Review Committee call methyl iodide, "without question, one of the most toxic chemicals on earth" (@ 2:20)