Tag Archives: pesticides

The Days Of Plausible Deniability Are Over

Posted on May 16, 2019 by garyhooser

If you are an administrator, public or private, you are liable for the workplace practices that occur under your supervision or authority.  Likewise, if you are an employer, public or private, you are responsible for the actions and inactions of … Continue reading →

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The Movement – Winning In Solidarity

Posted on April 2, 2016 by garyhooser

The agrochemical industry in Hawaii is losing the war they have waged against our community these past few years.  Rather than acknowledge our concerns about health and environmental impacts and comply with our modest requests for increased regulation, they have … Continue reading →

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Trick or Treat? The Good Neighbor Program – A Masquerade Of Disclosure

Posted on October 9, 2015 by garyhooser

Read through to the end please.  You will see that disclosure is not really disclosure and the label is not really the law because these companies disclose only a fraction of what they use and change the label without telling … Continue reading →

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State law on RUP disclosure implemented.. kind of but not really– Plus Kauai County stats on glyphosate

Posted on September 9, 2015 by garyhooser

State law on RUP disclosure implemented.. kind of but not really– Plus Kauai County stats on glyphosate Here is statewide 2014 Restricted Use Pesticide(RUP)  data provided by the State Department of Agriculture (not glyphosate or other general use pesticides) Note: … Continue reading →

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From Kauai to Switzerland – Why we went, what we accomplished and what’s next.

Posted on May 3, 2015 by garyhooser

A few short days ago, on April 28th, in the city of Basel Switzerland, I attended and spoke at the annual shareholders meeting of the transnational corporation and chemical giant, Syngenta, I spoke from the podium directly to the Syngenta … Continue reading →

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State House Agricultural Committee – Disappointment Is Too Mild A Description

Posted on April 11, 2015 by garyhooser

Words cannot express how disappointed I am with the conduct of the State House Agricultural Committee.  They continue to ignore the science, the medical literature and the community calling out for meaningful regulation. Instead members of this committee simply follow … Continue reading →

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Does Kauai have higher than normal/average cardiac birth defects rates?

Posted on September 22, 2014 by garyhooser

In a The Garden Island Sept.16 letter from Dr. Graham Chelius he said “There is not an increased rate of cardiac defects of any kind on the Westside of Kauai.” He then went on to reference the State’s birth defect … Continue reading →

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The Ebb and Flow of Bill 2491 – People, Industry and State Neglect (revised from TGI version)

Posted on September 16, 2014 by garyhooser

While a federal magistrate judge has ruled against Kauai County and ordinance 960, it appears that this issue is far from being over. While no final decision has yet been made, item C 2014-248 on the upcoming Council agenda of … Continue reading →

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The Often Not Very Pretty Process Of Lawmaking

Posted on December 23, 2013 by garyhooser

The passage of Bill 2491 into law requiring the largest chemical companies in the world to disclose their pesticide use and prohibiting the use of these chemicals near Kauai schools, hospitals and homes or face criminal penalties – is a … Continue reading →

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The Days Of Looking The Other Way…Are Over

Posted on December 14, 2013 by garyhooser

Sunday December 15 at noon in Haleiwa – please be there and march with us.  If you live on Oahu especially, please make the time to join us and send a message loud and clear that the days of business … Continue reading →

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