La Vida Locavore:: Really Bad News: CA Okays Carcinogen Methyl Iodide on Strawberries

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La Vida Locavore:: Really Bad News: CA Okays Carcinogen Methyl Iodide on Strawberries

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"This was black friday" was the response from my contact at the anti-pesticide group when I asked for details on California's decision about methyl iodide. The stuff is such a reliable carcinogen that chemists use it in the lab to induce cancer.  And if that's not enough, it also induces miscarriages. Clearly this is a perfect candidate for an agricultural chemical to release into our communities. California, which grows the majority of the nation's strawberri

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