December 1999

As Temperatures Rise, Corals Fall:The Effect of Climate Change on Reefs With increased levels of carbon in the atmosphere, the temperature of the sea and its elevation are expected to rise. For corals and coral reefs, the impacts may well … Continued

So far as pesticide education and control were concerned, the plantation system had advantages over today’s decentralized, diversified agriculture. In the past, regulators had to deal with a handful of plantation managers, who in turn were responsible for making sure … Continued

The standards used to determine whether pesticide residues on produce are unacceptable are set by the Environmental Protection Agency, based on laboratory tests of the active ingredients in pesticides. The EPA has said that after it conducts tests for both … Continued

Maurice Tamura sighs as he points to a tattered organizational chart. Position after position in the Department of Health, Food and Drug Branch Tamura supervises has been crossed out with pencil; notes written alongside show the dates when the slots … Continued

‘Ohi’a Canopy Dieback A Natural Process The recent proposal to exclude 4,000 acres from the Pu’u Maka’ala Natural Area Reserve is not a good idea. The disputed area was subjected to severe ‘ohi’a lehua canopy dieback during the 1960s and … Continued

“In many cases, the farmers are not literate in their own language, much less English. The ability to handle things safely depends on the ability to read labels or to be supervised.” -Barry Brennan, Pesticide Coordinator, University of Hawai’i at … Continued