California strawberry farmers may soon have a new pesticide to use on their fields. The state’s Department of Pesticide Regulation is recommending approving use of the soil fumigant methyl iodide.

AT THE BEGINNING of October, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of the highly toxic and controversial fumigant methyl iodide to control soil-borne diseases and pests, primarily in ...

A review committee in Sacramento, California, begins on 24 September to assess the science behind methyl iodide — a pesticide that has been approved for agricultural use by the US Environmental ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Earlier this year, several environmental groups sued the State of California for ...