Fumigation
Most commonly, fumigation refers to the process of disinfecting a material or an area by using some type of toxic material in gaseous form. The term has a more specialized meaning in enviro...
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Ecuador's president-elect said Thursday a diplomatic spat over Colombia's fumigation of coca has been resolved, a disagreement that had spurred debate over the U.S. drug policy and prompted Ecuador...
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The Environmental Protection Agency is expected within days to approve a new toxic fumigant for use by fruit and vegetable farmers, despite opposition from California regulators, prominent scientis...
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday delayed approval of a new toxic fumigant for use by fruit and vegetable farmers, after more than 50 prominent scientists objected that the chemical was...
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Ecuador's President-elect Rafael Correa canceled his visit to Colombia at the last minute Thursday to protest Colombia's refusal to halt U.S.-backed aerial fumigation of coca crops along the nation...
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Ecuador recalled its ambassador to Colombia on Friday, protesting Bogota's decision to resume aerial coca fumigation along the shared border.The government also asked the Organization of American S...
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Health workers from France, Argentina, Brazil and Cuba have joined their Paraguayan counterparts in battling an outbreak of dengue that has claimed 10 lives since the start of the year, Health Mini...
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The amount of Colombian land devoted to growing coca, the raw material in cocaine, fell by nearly 10 percent last year on record eradication attempts, the United Nations estimates.The U.N. Office o...
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Jakarta (dpa) - A seasonal dengue fever outbreak in the Indonesian
capital has killed at least 41 and sickened more than 11,000 others
this year, sparked the city authoritie...
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Colombia's vice president said Sunday that a U.S.-backed program to fumigate coca fields is failing to stem cocaine trafficking and called for anti-drug efforts to shift away from the practice.Vice...
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The Environmental Protection Agency gave the go-ahead for one-year use of a new agricultural pesticide Friday, saying its own scientific review overrides health concerns expressed by more than 50 c...
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Fumigation
Ecuador, Colombia OK deal on fumigation
