Letters: The pesticide debate

Monday, July 5, 2010 - 02:07 in Mathematics & Economics

I was disheartened to read that, although 54 eminent scientists urged the EPA not to approve methyl iodide in 2007, they nonetheless approved it [ "A Closer Look: Pesticides in strawberry fields," June 28]. Now Mary-Ann Warmerdam, director of California's Department of Pesticide Regulation, says that if used per their restrictions "it can be used safely."

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