California Risk Review Pressures EPA To Reverse Fumigant Approval

摘要

California's assessment of the risks posed by the controversial fumigant methyl iodide is putting new pressure on EPA to reconsider its 2007 decision to register the chemical - raising doubts among industry over what fumigant they will use to replace the widely used fumigant methyl bromide, an ozone depleting substance that is being phased out.rnState efforts to pressure EPA may be successful as agency officials told California regulators last year that if the state's risk assessment results "alter or change" EPA's scientific analysis of the chemical's risks, the agency will reconsider its reregistration decision.