Methyl bromide intoxication in four fiel
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Jessica Herzstein; Mark R. Cullen
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Methyl bromide is a highly toxic and penetrating compound used extensively as an insecticide for dry foodstuffs and as a soil fumigant (in greenhouses and fields) for the control of nematodes, fungi, and weeds. More than 300 cases of systemic poisoning and 60 fatalities attributable to methyl bromid