Replacing a killer with a killer

EPA: California Pesticide Regulators Knowingly Allowed Harmful Pesticide Use Near Latino Schools

California pesticide regulators discriminated against Latino schoolchildren when they annually approved a powerful pesticide used near their schools, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. The preliminary finding is part of a settlement stemming from a civil rights complaint filed in 1999. The complaint alleged that annual approval of methyl bromide use by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation had a disproportionately adverse impact on the health of Latino children because their schools were often close to agricultural fields.

Sounds great doesn't it? justice done, right?

Methyl bromide is being replaced with another fumigant, methyl iodide, which was approved by California regulators in December. Scientists and environmental and farmworker groups say it also has adverse effects on children and families, because it's highly toxic and can cause cancer.

Different name - same deadly results.