The pesticide that sickened a Delaware family in the Virgin Islands is banned for indoor fumigation but U.S. growers will still legally use more than 375 metric tons of the chemical on fields this ...

Methyl bromide allegedly was sprayed in the apartment below a Delaware family. — -- Members of a Delaware family of four remain seriously ill after possibly being exposed to a pesticide, methyl ...

While this article will likely inspire you to grow and eat organic rather than conventionally grown strawberries, it points out that even organic farmers rely on methyl bromide for their pathogen-free ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Pesticides usually do their bug killing away from public view. But one such poison, a ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 28, 2012) Earlier this year the maker of the fumigant methyl iodide indicated it would stop producing the toxic chemical. Now, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - Nicotine alternatives used in vapes being launched in the U.S. and abroad, such as 6-methyl nicotine, may be more potent and addictive than nicotine itself, though the ...

Photo credit: Lisa Townley (left); Pyogenes Gruffer (right), Flickr. When my organic chemistry professor told me that the main molecular component of chocolate, theobromine, differs from caffeine only ...

Citrus fiber – a byproduct of the juicing process – has properties that make it an appealing alternative to methyl cellulose (in combination with agar, native starch, and psyllium) as a binder in ...