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Standing on Protocol
U.S. requests exemption from ban on ozone-depleting pesticide, again |
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03 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Standing on Protocol U.S. requests exemption from ban on ozone-depleting pesticide, again At a meeting in New Delhi this week, thumb firmly attached to nose, the U.S. is seeking to convince fellow signers of an international ozone-layer treaty that it should be allowed to continue to use and produce a pesticide it had agreed to ban by 2005. With a stockpile of nearly 11,000 tons of methyl bromide -- which not only deple ... |
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