Despite a phaseout slated for 2005,farmers in several industrialized countries can continue to use the agricultural pesticide methyl bromide,which is known to damage the stratospheric ozone layer.Eleven countries garnered limited critical-use exemptions for 2005,which total 13,400 metric tons(t),under a compromise agreement reached during the latest Montreal Protocol negotiations that concluded in Montreal,Canada,in late March.Further exemption requests are now being considered for 2006 and beyond.
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