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The fumigant has been linked to cancer, respiratory problems and neurological damage.—Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Any residents living in the apartment or home will need to vacate for 24 hours while the extermination team tents the space to release a fumigant gas.—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026 In 1991, a train derailed near Mount Shasta in Dunsmuir, dumping 19,000 gallons of toxic soil fumigants into the Sacramento River.—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024 Those beautiful red berries are not easy to grow and farmers tend to rely on pesticides and soil fumigants to try and ward off bugs.—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2024 Phosphine has been used as a fumigant or a chemical warfare agent, but that wasn’t why Sousa-Silva was interested in it.—Eva Amsen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021