10-24-2013, 03:38 AM
Wow, this was very informative. Thank you for posting factual info. The rebound here, or should we say the SAVING of the papaya industry should be looked at closer by the near by communities. There is hundreds if not thousands of acres being fumigated and sprayed with pesticides here in lower puna weekly. Are the wind breaks sufficient for everyone? Are there no houses or communities within 2 miles of these sprays? Does the spraying (by who?) not get done when we have variable winds? Can there be tests here on our land, water, soil? Maybe done by the state to justify there case that it is SaFe to spray so much, so close to communities? Just a few of my concerns beyond the fish kills in Kapoho, or the dying Ohia here in lower Puna.