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Keeping methyl bromide under wraps

Covering soil with tarps doesn’t keep methyl bromide, a common pesticide and ozone-depleting gas, from causing an environmental problem.

 

References:

Wang, D., and S.R. Yates. 1998. Methyl bromide emission from fields partially covered with a high-density polyethylene and a virtually impermeable film. Environmental Science & Technology 32(September):2515.

 

Further Readings:

Adler, T. 1995. Methyl bromide doesn’t stick around. Science News 148(Oct. 28):278.

Monastersky, R. 1996. Drop in ozone killers means global gain. Science News 149(March 9):151.

Perkins, S. 1997. Faster track for ozone layer protection. Science News 152(Oct. 4):223.

Raloff, J. 1995. U.N. to oversee methyl bromide phaseout. Science News 148(Dec. 16):405.

Wang, D., et al. 1997. Reducing methyl bromide emission with a high barrier plastic film and reduced dosage. Environmental Science & Technology 31(December):3686.

Wang, D., et al. 1997. Methyl bromide emission reduction with field management practices. Environmental Science & Technology 31(October):3017.

Yates, S.R., et al. 1997. Methyl bromide emissions from agricultural fields: bare-soil, deep injection. Environmental Science & Technology 31(April):1136.

 

Sources:

Dong Wang
United States Department of Agriculture/ARS
U.S. Salinity Laboratory
450 West Big Springs Road
Riverside, CA 92507-4617

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 14, October 3, 1998, p. 216.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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