Please e-mail the EPA and get rid of this known carcinogen from our food chain! The United Farm Workers of California are trying to get the EPA to finally ban it.
Methyl iodide is so toxic and carcinogenic that scientists who use tiny amounts in the lab are required to take major precautions in order to avoid exposure. Obviously, if used as a fumigant much greater amounts would be released. The pesticide could contaminate groundwater as well as putting farm workers and nearby communities at serious risk as the invisible chemical moves with the wind.