Homes are located near the San Pedro and Compton fumigation businesses, but air quality officials said they do not have plans to monitor the air there. State health officials have classified methyl ...

Farmers have the soil fumigant methyl bromide to thank for such bountiful harvests. Before fields in California were fumigated, an average acre yielded 1 to 5 tons of strawberries. Now ...

Methyl bromide is used by the companies to kill harmful pests on imported fruits and vegetables that arrive through the region’s ports. The fumigant was widely used on crops, especially ...