methyl bromide
bromomethane

Methyl bromide was added to the treaty in the first Bush administration.

He believes that methyl bromide has increased his production by as much 30 percent.

In the Netherlands, the use of methyl bromide has been banned for years.

"Replacing methyl bromide is like a moon mission," he said.

Use of methyl bromide has been cut 70 percent in industrialized countries since 1999 under the treaty.

We think methyl bromide can already be replaced now.

"You can say whatever you want about whether methyl bromide is good or bad," he said.

"The sore thumb in all this is methyl bromide," he said.

The manufacture, use and marketing of methyl bromide is to cease by the year 2001.

Fourteen other nations are also seeking exemptions for methyl bromide.

Israel is currently a major producer and exporter of methyl bromide.

However, in some respects it is disappointing, not least as regards methyl bromide.

All methyl bromide fumigations must use recapture technology by 2021.

Some companies irradiate them, and others use methyl bromide to fumigate.

Sainsbury claim that most of its suppliers have now stopped using methyl bromide.

Modeling of methyl bromide in the atmosphere and ocean.

These bacteria can be controlled by chemicals, such as methyl bromide, which is toxic.

We all know that methyl bromide is one of the worst ozone-depleting substances.

Methyl bromide is a highly toxic pesticide gas used in agriculture.

Fumigation with methyl bromide is the most effective treatment.

"Methyl bromide helps level the playing field," said a senior Department of Agriculture official.

We are not convinced either, by the inflexibility that the report wants to maintain regarding methyl bromide.

But the coverage of methyl bromide was contingent on critical use exemptions."

"But methyl bromide doesn't kill the root-feeding nematodes that can go down eight feet."

This will put Community legislation on methyl bromide at the vanguard at global level.

In 2004, over 7 million pounds of bromomethane were applied to California.

The oceans are estimated to release 1-2 million tons of bromomethane annually.

Bromomethane originates from both natural and human sources.

The most pervasive is the naturally produced bromomethane.

The Montreal Protocol stipulates that bromomethane use be phased out.

It is being used as an alternative to bromomethane, whose production and use was curtailed by the Montreal Protocol.

Whereas bromomethane is dangerous, it is considerably safer and more effective than some other soil sterilants.

Bromomethane was also used as a general-purpose fumigant to kill a variety of pests including rats and insects.

In New Zealand, bromomethane is used as a fumigant for whole logs destined for export.

Treatment has also been attempted with bromomethane (CHBr), through heat, or by removing the bark.

Chloromethane and bromomethane are to introduce methyl groups in organic synthesis and the production of fine chemicals.

Codeine methylbromide (Eucodin) is the bromomethane (methylbromide) salt of codeine.

Whereas the Montreal Protocol has severely restricted the use of bromomethane internationally, the United States has successfully lobbied for critical-use exemptions.

Bromomethane is also a precursor in the manufacture of other chemicals as a methylating agent, and has been used as a solvent to extract oil from seeds and wool.

Many alternatives for Bromomethane in the agricultural field are currently in use and yet further alternatives are in development, not least of which include Propylene oxide and Furfural.

Scientists have investigated whether bromomethane exposure was linked to the death of four New Zealand port workers who died of neuro-degenerative motor neurone disease between 2002 and 2004 and found no connection.

In Australia, bromomethane (methyl bromide) is the preferred fumigant required by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) for most organic goods imported into Australia.

Until its production and use was curtailed by the Montreal Protocol, bromomethane was widely applied as a soil sterilant, mainly for production of seed but also for some crops such as strawberries and almonds.

Blood or urine concentrations of inorganic bromide, a bromomethane metabolite, are useful to confirm a diagnosis of poisoning in hospitalized patients or to assist in the forensic investigation of a case of fatal overdosage.

Content of halogens such as chlorine (e.g. in polyvinyl chloride or brominated flame retardants) may lead to production of e.g. hydrogen chloride, phosgene, dioxin, and chloromethane, bromomethane and other halocarbons.

Methyl iodide had also been proposed for use as a fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, nematicide, and as a soil disinfectant, replacing methyl bromide (also known as bromomethane) (banned under the Montreal Protocol).