Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. Receives Label Approval on Metam Potassium.PHOENIX -- Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. (TKI TKI Te Kete Ipurangi (New Zealand) TKI Tenaga Kerja Indonesia TKI Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor TKI Turkiye Komur Isletmeleri (Turkey) TKI Trial Kit Installation ) announced today the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and approval for its metam potassium label, an alternative to methyl bromide methyl bromide Toxicology An insecticide and rodenticide, which is a volatile fumigant 3-fold denser than air and absorbed through skin, producing narcosis, pulmonary edema, renal tubule damage, jacksonian convulsions, CNS depression, peripheral neuropathy; . This metam potassium soil fumigant fu·mi·gant n. A chemical compound used in its gaseous state as a disinfectant. will be marketed under the trade name Sectagon(R)-K54. Sectagon-K54, a soil fumigant solution for all crops, may be applied by chemigation, soil injection or soil bedding equipment to suppress and/or control soil-borne pests which attack ornamentals, food and fiber crops. Because Sectagon-K54 contains potassium and is sodium free, it is recommended for use in crops that benefit from potassium and in high sodium and high pH soils. Thus far, Sectagon-K54 has received state registration in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Utah, Nebraska, Texas, Georgia and South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. . Sectagon-K54 is available to growers for use this season through TKI's distributor network. This new product will join Sectagon 42(R) (metam sodium), a soil fumigant, currently marketed by TKI through its distribution in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, produces and markets specialty chemical solutions, including fertilizers, soil fumigants and process chemicals and services to a diverse market in the United States, Mexico, Central and South America and selected countries throughout the world. TKI, a part of the Tessenderlo Group, Brussels, Belgium, has eight manufacturing plants in North America, an Arizona-based Research & Development facility and an extensive terminal network. For additional information concerning TKI's Sectagon-K54, contact: Jerry Krebs, 916-719-0644 jkrebs@tkinet.com |
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