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Methyl bromide is a broad-spectrum pesticide that serves simultaneously as an insecticide, nematicide, herbicide and fungicide. In Florida, methyl bromide has been used both as a pre-plant soil fumigant and as a post-harvest fumigant to control a wide array of pests for many of the fruit and vegetable crops produced in the state. Based on determinations made by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was required to list methyl bromide as a Class I Substance. The 1990 Amendments to the U.S. Clean Air Act stipulate that the production and importation of Class I Substances are phased out by the year 2001. Consequently, the United States has a shorter time span for the phaseout of methyl bromide than have all of the other developed and developing countries.
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Deepak, M.S., Spreen, T.H., Van Sickle, J.J. (1999). Environmental Externalities and International Trade: The Case of Methyl Bromide. In: Casey, F., Schmitz, A., Swinton, S., Zilberman, D. (eds) Flexible Incentives for the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in Agriculture. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4395-0_9
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