Maritime Union backs calls for Methyl Bromide inquiry

The Mar­itime Union is sup­port­ing calls for an inquiry into the tox­ic gas Methyl Bro­mide, used as a tim­ber fumi­gant in New Zealand ports.

A group of Nel­son wid­ows has called for the inquiry after six for­mer port work­ers con­tract­ed the rare and fatal motor neu­rone dis­ease, which has already led to the deaths of five.