Re: Poisoned by Methyl Bromide

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Insanity! That's what this is. For anyone to suggest that
agricultural chemicals have any impact on the environment,
especially something as far away as the OhZone, is ridiculous.
Without ag chems, you would be dead, starved to death, and toxic
mold would be everywhere.

EPA registers these chemicals, and responsible companies
research them, manufacture them, to help feed the world. If
they were dangerous to man, animals, the environment, or
anything, these companies would not sell them - they would get
caught by EPA, and EPA would take immediate action to protect
the consuming public. For anyone to suggest that Methyl
Bromide, or any ag chemical, poisoned them, is absurd.

There are lawyers out there that ruin America and the economy by
trying to get money for these frivilous claims. IF these
lawyers, or those playing sick would research this, they'd be so
embarrassed they would go away. The industry, toxicologists
with PhD's, research these chemicals. No one could ever be
exposed to a high enough dose to ever have a problem. This is
easy to see, because rarely do they ever take the time to
analyze for the chemical, and if they did, they would not find
it.

If these ridiculous people don't go away, we will not have any
food to eat.

ff

On 5/17/07, Mike B. wrote:
>
>> U.S. EPA News Brief (May 15, 2007) -- Methyl Bromide
>> Inventory Continues Downward Trend
>
> Sorry.
>
>
> U.S. EPA News Brief
> May 15, 2007
>
> Contact: John Millett, (202) 564-4355
>
>
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>
> Methyl Bromide Inventory Continues Downward Trend
>
> The methyl bromide inventory held by U.S. companies at the end
> of 2006 continues to shrink, according to data released by EPA
> today. The data show a steady decline in the inventory since
> 2003, when the Agency began collecting such information.
>
> Methyl bromide is an ozone-depleting chemical that has been
> used as a general pesticide across a wide range of
agricultural
> sectors for many years. Under the Montreal Protocol on
> Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the Clean Air Act,
> the United States phased out new production and import of
> methyl bromide, except for allowable exemptions for users who
> have no technically and economically feasible alternatives.
>
> The data that EPA is releasing includes, in aggregate form,
the
> inventory held by approximately 35 companies in the United
> States at the end of 2006. The methyl bromide inventory data,
> displayed graphically below, shows a steady decline –
> approximately 16,422 metric tons in 2003, 12,994 metric tons
in
> 2004, 9,974 metric tons in 2005, and 7,671 metric tons in
2006 –
> and demonstrates that the United States continues to manage
> its domestic inventory appropriately.
>
> The phaseout of new production and import, and the orderly
> reduction in the existing inventory, are facilitating a
> transition to alternatives in a manner consistent with
previous
> successful phaseouts of ozone-depleting substances, such as
> chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) and halons. The United States
> continues to protect the ozone layer and meet its obligations
> under the Montreal Protocol while meeting the needs of
American
> farmers.
>
> For more information on the phaseout of methyl bromide, please
> visit: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr
>