Update Wed Feb 23: KQED’s Central Valley bureau chief Sasha Khokha attended yesterday’s assembly hearing on the approval of methyl iodide, a controversial strawberry pesticide that was approved by the state at far greater levels than an independent panel of scientists said were safe. Here’s the report:
Feb 22 post:
The State Assembly is now holding a joint oversight hearing on the controversial approval of the strawberry fumigant methyl iodide.
Last year, KQED’s Amy Standen reported on the controversy for The California Report.