Mitchell, is preaching the power of "services"--a familiar bromide and ostensible refuge for commodity industries.

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His eureka moment came when he added a catalyst known as TBAB, short for tetrabutylammonium bromide.

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Then came a second drug, pancuronium bromide, which paralyzes the diaphragm, making it impossible to breathe.

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The second is something called pancuronium bromide, and what that does is slowly paralyzes his muscles and his lungs.

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He is especially concerned about the toxic effects of the pesticide methyl bromide.

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The FSA says that of the six compounds listed above, only one - methyl bromide - is found during monitoring.

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Finally, there is a study of veterans given pyridostigmine bromide pills.

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"The U.S. and many European countries are phasing out this pesticide, and here we are building hundreds of hectares of golf courses which use methyl bromide, " says Flavier.

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That old bromide, out of sight out of mind, applies.

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AChEis are found in pesticides that were used to protect soldiers against sand flies and other insects, and in the pyridostigmine bromide pills given to soldiers as part of a pre-treatment against nerve agents.

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Not only does prison, for the vast majority of those who endure it, not work, either as punishment or as rehabilitation, but there is no escaping the conclusion that it functions as a stimulant to crime, rather than its bromide.

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