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(Beyond Pesticides, May 12, 2015)<\/em> Last week Kaua’i County Councilmember Gary Hooser returned from agrichemical giant Syngenta\u2019s shareholder meeting in Basel, Switzerland, where he addressed the company and its stakeholders on \u00a0the corporation\u2019s lawsuit<\/a> against the \u00a0small Hawaiian island of Kaua’i. The Councilmember indicates that, although the company is unlikely to meet his request to drop its lawsuit against Ordinance 960<\/a>, which generally creates buffer zones prohibiting pesticide use around schools, hospitals, and parks, the trip overall was a success. \u201cOur main purpose was one of education and information, to tell our story in the home city of Syngenta, and we were greeted with open arms and really managed to get the word out,\u201d Mr. Hooser said to The Garden Isle<\/a><\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n

VIDEO<\/strong>: See Councilmember Hooser\u2019s speech to Syngenta: Part 1<\/a> | Part 2<\/a> (Note: Credit and thanks to Kauai activist Fern Rosenstiel for filming this video despite attempts by Syngenta to suppress her ability to do so.)<\/p>\n

\"GaryHooserSyngenta\"<\/a>In a related matter, it \u00a0was announced earlier this week that \u00a0a federal court awarded over $500,000 to 15 Kaua’i residents who launched a \u00a0lawsuit (separate from the one above) against another agrichemical company on the island, DuPont Pioneer. Residents won on grounds of property damage and loss of use and enjoyment of their property after being subject to the \u00a0incessant blowing of pesticide-laden red dust from the company\u2019s Waimea Research Center field. The verdict indicates that the \u201cseriousness of the harm to each plaintiff outweighs the public benefit of Pioneer\u2019s farming operation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kauai, along with Maui and the Big Island<\/a>, have been locked in legal battles with agrichemical corporations<\/a> after successfully passing modest reforms aimed at limiting their residents exposure to the pesticides sprayed on genetically engineered (GE) crops grown in the state. Chemical companies claim that local governments are \u00a0preempted<\/a> \u00a0from enacting pesticide legislation more restrictive than Hawai’i state law.<\/p>\n

At the Syngenta shareholder meeting, Councilmember Hooser brought a straightforward message to the corporation and its shareholders. \u201cWithdraw the lawsuit from the County of Kaua\u00ca\u00bbi, honor and comply with our laws. Treat us with the same respect, the same dignity and the same protections that you give the people of Switzerland. Do not spray chemicals in my community that you cannot spray in your own community,\u201d he said. The Councilmember was referencing the use of the herbicides atrazine<\/a> and paraquat<\/a>, chemicals which are banned from use in Switzerland, but sprayed constantly and even found in drinking water<\/a> in Hawaii communities.<\/p>\n

Councilmember Hooser attended the shareholder event as an individual with support from the Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action<\/a>, for which he is the volunteer President of the Board, and not as a representative of the Kauai County Council. He was invited by the Swiss nonprofit Multiwatch, which \u00a0transferred a share of Syngenta stock to him in order to allow him to speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we can say about our role on Kauai is that Syngenta has been part of the community on Kauai for more than 40 years providing jobs and other benefits to the rural economy since sugar cane and pineapple production declined,\u201d Syngenta spokesman Mark Phillipson wrote in an email to The Garden Isle<\/em>. \u201cThe island offers unrivaled climatic and agronomic conditions for crop research, which has benefited millions of growers around the world. We take very seriously our responsibility toward Kauai\u2019s natural environment and the communities where we work.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a recent email to supporters, Councilmember Hooser wrote, \u201cWhat kind of good neighbor uses toxic pesticides by the ton in their neighbor\u2019s yard but yet uses zero of these chemicals in their own yard back home in Switzerland because their laws will not allow it (all the while telling you how safe it is)?\u201d He referenced a recent New York Times<\/a><\/em> article of the company misrepresenting the use of atrazine in its own country.<\/p>\n

In response to the Dupont Pioneer ruling, he added, \u201cThe fa\u00c3\u00a7ade presented through the \u201cGood Neighbor\u201d persona created by the community relations and media guru\u2019s of these companies is quickly evaporating.\u201d<\/p>\n

VIDEO<\/strong>: Councilmember Hooser\u2019s visit was covered by Swiss media, and is viewable here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information about the fight to protect Hawaiian communities from an onslaught of pesticide spraying, see Beyond Pesticides previous Daily News coverage, or the Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action<\/a> webpage. Additional information about the hazards associated with pesticide use on GE crops is available on Beyond Pesticides\u2019 program page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: The Garden Isle<\/a>, Hawaii Tribune-Herald<\/a>
\nPhoto Credit: GaryHooser.Wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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