US authorities have determined that the highly toxic pesticide methyl bromide caused a Delaware family to become seriously ill at a US Virgin Islands resort, and that the chemical was used at the resort several times in the past year, officials said on Tuesday.
The US Environmental Protection Agency said it is contacting people including employees at Sirenusa resort in St John to determine how many others might have been exposed to the pesticide.
It was banned for indoor residential use in 1984.
The Guardian: Delaware family falls ill from pesticide poisoning at Virgin Islands resort
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