Hawaii Smashes Big Agriculture Bans Poison Spraying

By Gary Hooser

Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA)

(Reposted here from original article on phibetaiota.net)

This is what democracy looks like.

Aloha Friends,

By now, most of you have heard that Governor David Ige has signed into law SB3095.

Yes, we won.

It’s amazing really. A handful of news clips announcing our victory to the world are below and no doubt many more will be forthcoming.

The real story of course is about how it happened. How a small group of dedicated citizens in the middle of the Pacific ocean, took on the largest chemical companies in the world, and won.

The details of SB3095 and a short history of the journey can be found here.

4 years ago Syngenta, Dow, Dupont and BASF successfully sued Kauai County for the right to spray poisons next to schools, and not tell us about it. Today, as a result of the passage of this measure they can no longer do this. Plus, over the next 4 years the Restricted Use Pesticide (RUP)and neurotoxin chlorpyrifos, will be phased out and its use totally prohibited.