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Poisonous Strawberries, Spread the Word

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Over 20,000 individuals have signed an internet petition requiring that California Governor Jerry Brown reverse the state’s authorization for the utilization of a toxic, carcinogenic fumigant in strawberry fields. The DNA-damaging chemical substance, methyl iodide, is extremely reactive, so much in fact that chemists are usually reluctant to handle it in the laboratory under controlled [...]