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A different recipe for a safer pesticide
1 March 2012, 2:18 pm
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Posted by Futurity Researchers are looking for ways to improve the efficiency and safety of a controversial pesticide in which the active ingredient, methyl iodide, is a known carcinogen. Farm workers and scientists protested when the pesticide, called Midas, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2007. It is primarily used on vegetable and fruit crops in Florida and California. Midas is a mix of methyl iodide and
chloropicrin, a rat poison, and is used on the fields that will grow strawberries, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Researchers examined the molecular structure of the pesticide to determine if the product could be made more efficient and safer for those living near, and working in, treated fields. “We found that the two chemicals, methyl iodide and
chloropicrin, are mixed to slow the release of methyl iodide and increase its effectiveness,” says Rainer Glaser, professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri. “However, we believe that a different chemical mix... - Iván Abrego
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March 25, 2011
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12 July 2010, 3:12 pm
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Carey Mariah: Fumigation As A Useful Pest Control Technique
17 January 2010, 7:43 am
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Fumigation As A Useful Pest Control Technique
January 17, 2010
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Fumigation is a method of pest management that use fumigants to get rid of pests by filling an area with the fumigant. Fumigants are gaseous pesticides that have a fatal or harmful effect on pests. It can be administered in soil, grain, produce and houses and is one amongst the most useful termite pest control methods. Fumigants may be odorless and colorless, but they are unsafe to people and must not be inhaled. The most commonly used fumigants are phosphine, hydrogen cyanide, lodoform,
chloropicrin, 1,3-dichloropropene, methyl isocyanate, formaldehyde and sulfuric fluoride. - Carey Mariah
