The EPA has decided to gradually phase out use of methyl bromide gas by 2033. The ozone-depleting gas is used in New Zealand to kill […]
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EPA’s reassessment of chemicals – In the News
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released a priority chemicals list of 39 chemicals – mostly insecticides, fungicides and weed-killers, that require […]
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Helen Murdoch of The Press reports on recent research showing that methyl bromide could have a damaging effect on DNA. […]
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The Environmental Risk Management Authority has decided to begin a reassessment of the fumigant methyl bromide – a process that […]
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