The Implications of Banning Methyl Bromide for Fruit and Vegetable Production


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Witnesses: Janet Carpenter, Nat. Center for Food and Agricultural Policy; James Culbertson, Exec. Manager, California Cherry Export Assoc.; Robert Driver, on behalf of the California Walnut Commission, and the Walnut Grower Assoc.; John Duniway, prof. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of CA at Davis; Scott Eneback, assoc. prof., School of Forestry and Wildlife Science, Auburn Univ.; Carl Loop, Pres., Florida Farm Federation Bureau; Cecil Martinez, strawberry grower, Oxnard, CA; Joseph Noling, assoc. prof. of nematology, Citrus Research and Education Ctr., Lake Alfred, CA; Mark Norton, v.p., production, Bay State Milling Co.; and R. Jay Taylor, pres., Taylor and Fulton, Inc.










Pesticides


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Pesticides


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Provides information on the scientific evidence that emissions from human uses of methyl bromide are depleting the ozone layer; the availability of economical and effective alternatives to the pesticide's agricultural uses; the effects of banning the pesticide on U.S. trade in agricultural commodities; and the EPA's authority under the Clean Air Act to exempt essential uses from the phaseout. Charts, tables and graphs.







Review of the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide


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