article_snippet.sent: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that the presence of a pesticide at the rented villa in St. John may have caused the illnesses, which were reported to The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on March 20.
article_snippet.sent: The use of the pesticide is restricted in the United States because of The use of the pesticide acute toxicity.
article_snippet.sent: The use of the pesticide's not allowed to be used indoors.
article_snippet.sent: Only certified professionals are permitted to use The use of the pesticide in certain agricultural settings.
article_snippet.sent: This is a pesticide that's been around for a long time, and ironically because of This impact and damage to the ozone layer, This's being phased out because of the air impacts of this fumigant," Enck added.
article_snippet.sent: Field workers at a Connecticut nursery were poisoned by the chemical in 1990, according to the Journal of Industrial Medicine.
article_snippet.sent: In 2011, warehouse workers in California fell ill after exposed to grapes imported from Chile fumigated with methyl bromide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
article_snippet.sent: Gupta, said many parts of the world banned the chemical, a neurotoxin.
article_snippet.sent: The agent is to be used only outdoors.
article_snippet.sent: the chemical is also odorless and colorless, Gupta said.
article_snippet.sent: the chemical is often mixed with tear gas
article_snippet.sent: Many questions remain why an odorless pesticide of this level of toxicity could be manufactured, distributed and applied in a residential area resulting in this family's injuries," Maron said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Chemical damages ozone and is being phased out, though it's used in strawberry fields, EPA says .
  