| 11. | Tokyo's rules also require 55 days of cold storage and fumigation with methyl bromide.
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| 12. | Methyl bromide is a more powerful ozone depleter than CFCs.
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| 13. | Fumigation with a chemical such as methyl bromide or a six-step procedure was required.
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| 14. | Kempter said the use of methyl bromide would be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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| 15. | Another problem is methyl bromide, which is widely used as a pesticide in developing countries.
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| 16. | Banning methyl bromide could injure US agriculture without significantly helping the ozone layer, he argues.
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| 17. | Methyl bromide is one of the last of the major chemicals to be phased out.
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| 18. | And now, methyl bromide, " which basically sterilizes everything,"
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| 19. | In the United States, pressure groups keep working against a methyl bromide ban, said Rowland.
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| 20. | "But methyl bromide doesn't kill the root-feeding nematodes that can go down eight feet ."
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