HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0489.102 2018-2020 From: to Greenwald
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Bill 101
Date: Monday,October 14,2019 1:44:20 PM
Aloha,
My husband Ted and I live in Kapa'au. We lived for over 20 years in Kailua on Oahu and
moved to this wonderful place in part because of the air quality and the abundance of
untreated nature. We value our health and the health and well being of all the residents of this
special island state and strongly urge the passage of Bill 101 to prevent the poisoning of the
land and waters of our island. We have unfortunately witnessed the lethal and toxic results of
using these pesticides and herbicides in our environment. It is wrong to think that just because
they are used in a particular place their toxic, harmful effects will be limited to that particular
piece of earth. Just one example of the unintended consequence of this approach is the spread
in our air and water of these toxic chemicals far from the treated site. We are blessed with
abundant rain and wind here in Hawaii and these very elements can carry these poisonous
herbicides and pesticides into neighborhoods and homes and land and water that are used by
all of us...including the especially susceptible keiki and seniors. Please do the right thing for
all of us and ban these horrible substances. We can do better. There are many non toxic
alternatives to these chemicals that are available. Education and training would go a long way
to breaking the habit of using these lethal substances in our islands.
Mahalo,
Jo and Ted Greenwald
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