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."