WELLINGTON (CU)_More than a decade ago, the Environmental Protection Authority of New Zealand informed the country’s timber industry that it had 10 years to equip itself with the technology required to recapture 100 per cent of the ozone-depleting toxic gas, methyl bromide, which is used to treat logs for export. However, now the environment watchdog had decided to delay the deadline by more than a year, leaving environmentalists furious.
Although, the toxic gas is used to kill insects and other pests, it is also said to be harmful to…
