PubTalk 6/2004 — From Strawberry Fields to the Ozone Layer
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Detailed Description
The Methyl Bromide Story
By Laurence G. Miller, Biogeochemist
- Methyl bromide (CH3Br) is an important agricultural pesticide widely used in growing strawberries and other field crops
- Methyl bromide---much of it from natural sources---is one of the gases contributing to destruction of Earth's ozone layer
- No single replacement has been identified for its use in the strawberry fields
- USGS research discovered bacteria that metabolize methyl bromide and so could help save the ozone layer
Details
Date Taken:
Length: 01:03:44
Location Taken: Menlo Park, CA, US
Transcript
Contact wmcesic@usgs.gov for transcript.