Pesticide that paralyzed a family is commonly used in growing U.S. crops

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By Dena Schmidt, staff writer

(NaturalHealth365) Methyl bromide, a chemical that seems to have paralyzed a Delaware family while they were vacationing in St. John, is still in use on U.S. produce. It is a toxic chemical known for causing neurological damage in humans.

Methyl bromide use is banned by the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement; however, it still receives “critical use” exemptions from the EPA in the U.S.

Toxic chemical methyl bromide still used as a pesticide on a range of foods

For example, methyl bromide is still used on strawberry fields and other crops as a soil …read more

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