#pesticide maui

BREAKING: Maui County Notifies EPA of Banned Pesticide Finding at Wastewater Treatment Facilities from 2016

The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management this week notified the US Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Health, reporting October 2016 findings from wastewater test samples of the presence of nitrophenol. The chemical is a metabolite of methyl parathion, the active ingredient in Penncap-M, the same banned pesticide identified in the recent Monsanto case on Maui.

BREAKING: Monsanto to Plead Guilty to Illegally Spraying Banned Pesticide on Maui

Monsanto Agrees to Plead Guilty to Illegally Spraying Banned Pesticide at Maui Facility; also Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement that Calls for $10 Million Payment Related to Storage of Banned Pesticide on Maui and Molokaʻi.

Hawai‘i DOA to Receive $332,000 for Pesticide Programs

EPA awards $332,000 to Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture for pesticide programs

Cochran Coordinates Maui’s First-Ever Large Scale Training on Pesticide Alternatives

Maui County Councilmember Elle Cochran has coordinated what is being called Maui’s first-ever large scale training series on landscape pesticide alternatives.

Additional Speakers Confirmed for Food Justice Summit

On Maui, the summit will take place on Saturday, Jan. 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’sMcCoy Studio Theater in Kahului. The summit is scheduled for additional dates through Jan. 20 on Hawai‘i Island Kaua‘i and O‘ahu.

Petitions Filed For and Against Maui Pesticide/GMO Bill

Concerned farmers and ranchers have dubbed the measure as an “anti-agriculture,” and “harassment bill.”