| 41. | In fact, the Bush administration is trying to reinterpret the agreement to avoid phasing out the pesticide methyl bromide.
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| 42. | New Zealand will push at the conference for an international phase-out of the highly destructive ozone chemical methyl bromide.
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| 43. | However, countries that say they have a critical need for methyl bromide and have no alternatives can seek exemptions.
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| 44. | Other American science agencies and the UN say a methyl bromide ban would be the most effective remaining action.
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| 45. | But local and international politics have allowed methyl bromide to elude elimination the way some stubborn bacteria resist antibiotics.
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| 46. | EPA facts on methyl bromide : www . epa . gov / spdpublc / mbr / qa . html
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| 47. | Scheffrahn said emergency use of methyl bromide fumigant shouldn't be affected by a looming 2005 phaseout of the gas.
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| 48. | She said the alternatives proposed to methyl bromide were toxic, would seep into groundwater and could affect drinking water.
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| 49. | The California strawberry test is one of several around the country conducted by scientists scrambling to replace methyl bromide.
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| 50. | Although methyl bromide is on a list of substances regulated by the treaty, the Bush administration has twice sought exemptions.
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