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Forestry fails to go cold turkey on methyl bromide

Industry won’t meet the fast-approaching deadline for banning the ozone-depleting fumigant.

Andrew Bevin Mon, 15 Feb 2021

New Zealand has failed to curb its use of an ozone-depleting, toxic gas despite millions in investment and more than a decade of warning.

Methyl bromide (MeBr) is used to fumigate much of the wall of pine logs exported from New Zealand to our trading partners, yet New Zealand agreed to stop

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Andrew Bevin Mon, 15 Feb 2021
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