If you’re worried about your children or students being exposed to toxic, cancer-causing pesticides at school, mark your calendars for Monday June 24, 5p.m. at Leilehua High School in Wahiawa. The Board of Education is hosting a public meeting to…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Lee Johnson, man who beat Monsanto/Bayer wants you to hear his story. PUBLIC meeting, Leilehua High School 5p.m. 6/24, hosted by BOE
Tagged with: Anne Frederick, Autumn Ness, Beyond Pesticides, H.A.P.A., Lee Johnson, Mackenzie Feldman, Monsanto/Bayer, Protect our Keiki, Rep.Amy Perruso, Round Up
Posted in Health and Wellness, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Health and Wellness, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Keiki before corporations: Hawai‘i bans chlorpyrifos
Scientists raised the alarm. Doctors raised the alarm. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) raised the alarm, warning that “the risk to infant and children’s health and development is unambiguous.” Sickened teachers and schoolchildren raised the alarm. Mothers who found…
Tagged with: Anne Frederick, Autumn Rae Ness, chlorpyrifos, Dr. Virginia Rauh, Gary Hooser, GMOs, Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Lauryn REgo, Restricted IUse Pesticides
Posted in Children's health, Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Children's health, Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Hooser Update on SB3095hd1 – The truth, the status and the next steps.
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
The truth about SB3095hd1: SB3095hd1 proposes meaningful pesticide regulation of the very largest users of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP’s), requiring disclosure, “no spray zones” around all schools, and a complete ban of the pesticide…
Tagged with: chlorpyrifos, Hawaii Senators, Restricted Use Pesticides, SB3095hd1
Posted in Children's health, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Children's health, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
GUEST POST: Kauai Residents: Still more help needed TODAY on SB3095 HD1
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
Kauai residents should EMAIL Senate President Ron Kouchi at senkouchi@capitol.hawaii.gov TODAY (if at all possible prior to April 12) and request politely and professionally that he support SB3095hd1 without making any further changes to…
Tagged with: Kauai, SB3095hd1, SE, Senator Kouchi
Posted in Business and Justice, Children's health, Environmental Justice, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Children's health, Environmental Justice, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Syngenta, Geneva, Kauai and Compunction–Come rally April 9 at noon, HI State Capitol
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
What does the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights held recently in Geneva Switzerland have to do with Kauai? Earlier this month, I was honored to be invited and to speak at…
SB3095 SD1 Needs to restore “Disclose and Notify” Provisions; ban Chlorpyrifos. Please send in testimony TODAY
SB 3095 SD1 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION will be heard by the Hawaii State House Committee on Finance on Thursday, March 15, 2018, 2:30 P.M. in Conference Room 308 The original draft of SB 3095 included provisions for mandatory disclosure…
Tagged with: buffer zones, chlorpyrifos, disclose and notify, Dylan Hooser, Hawaii Center for Food Safety, pesticide drift, Pesticides, SB3095, Waimea
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Justice, Pesticides
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Justice, Pesticides
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