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Scientists Seek New Pesticide Alternatives (AP)

Student worker Shad Law checks gauges on gas cylinders at the University of Georgia's Coastal Plain Experiment Station near Tifton, Ga., Friday, March 17, 2006. The cylinders supply a test pesticide to the plastic-covered plant beds in the background. Law's work is part of a worldwide research effort to find an alternative for methyl bromide, a popular pesticide since the 1940s that is being phased out because it damages the ozone layer. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)AP - Since the 1940s, methyl bromide has served farmers well as a stunningly lethal fumigant, killing off pests such as fungi, weeds, insects and rodents. But amid requirements that farmers stop using it, University of Georgia students are joining an international effort to find an earth-friendly alternative.


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