Introduction Methyl bromide (MeBr) is a soil fumigant that has been phased out by most countries by the early 2000s. Case Presentation A 37 years old male patient came to the emergency department (ED) to seek the medical advice for dysarthria and acute inability to walk. He gave a history of occupational exposure to methyl bromide due to a leak from fumigation tube 2 days before the onset of il...

Methyl bromide is used extensively on a global basis as a pesticide against nematodes, weeds, insects, fungi, bacteria, and rodents. As a soil fumigant, it is used in significant quantities in the production of strawberry and tomato, as well as other agriculture commodities. Grain, fresh fruit, forestry products, and other materials are fumigated with methyl bromide to control pest infestations...

A new principle in compounding stable, granular bactericidal products led to unique combinations of a water-soluble inorganic bromide salt with a hypochlorite-type disinfectant of either inorganic or organic type. Microbiological results are shown for an inorganic bactericide composed of chlorinated trisodium phosphate containing 3.1% "available chlorine" and 2% potassium bromide, and for an or...

In a double blind crossover trial, we compared sodium cromoglycate, ipratropium bromide, and water in 23 asthmatic children less than 2 years old (mean age 11.8 months). Each child received nebulised solutions containing 20 mg of sodium cromoglycate, 250 micrograms of ipratropium bromide, or 2 ml water three times a day for three two month periods. Daily symptom scores did not show significant ...

Methyl bromide is a highly volatile liquid which disperses rapidly and readily. As a fumigant it ranks amongst the most efficient because of its extremely effective penetrating power and absence of fire or explosion hazard. It is, unfortunately, highly toxic and poisoning occurs readily in circumstances of careless or inadvertent exposure. Before 1940, only 42 cases of methyl bromide poisoning ...