Landmark Pesticide Protections in Kauai Enacted

摘要

Months of political wrangling in the Garden Isle of Kauai, Hawaii came to an end when the County Council voted to override Mayor Bernard Carvalho's veto of Bill 2491 by a vote of 5-2. The bill establishes much-needed disclosure, notice, and reporting mandates for commercial-scale pesticide applications, requires pesticide application buffer zones for schools, hospitals, residences, public spaces, waterways, and parks, and mandates that the County perform an Environmental and Public Health Impact Study (EPHIS).