Strawberry Growers Using Higher Amounts of Risky Pesticide with Approval from Regulators

Nine out of ten strawberries eaten in the U.S. each year come from California. It's a $2.6 billion dollar industry. Conventional growers rely on a risky class of pesticide called fumigants, despite their being linked to cancer and developmental problems. In a new article out today, Senior Editor Andrew Donohue from the Center for Investigative Reporting shows how California regulators have allowed one particular fumigant -- called 1-3-Dichlorapropene, or 1-3-D -- to be used at higher levels than some state scientists are comfortable with.