Year: 2014

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Heptachlor and Food Poisoning Hawai`i Style

Kaua`i has been a testing ground for pesticides, from DDT during WWII to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. In 1975 the federal government held a hearing in Honolulu regarding their proposal to burn Agent Orange on a ship in the Pacific Ocean. According to the New...

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The Struggle to Protect Wa`ahila Ridge

The widest and deepest utility fight in Hawai`i was the proposal by Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) proposal to build the Kamoku-Pukele 138 kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line. HECO sought to build a high voltage transmission line on Wa`ahila Ridge, to connect a...

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Toxic Contamination in Village Park

A major Village Park health cluster became apparent in the 1990s. Kids were born healthy. Mothers of first graders noticed that something was wrong. There were significant health issues and some kids had open heart surgery. Village Park is an area of just under one...

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The Right to Sue

The modern air conditioner was developed in the early 1800s but became popular in the 1950s and 1960s.During the 1950s and 1960s consumers were urged to increase their use of electricity.  Live Better Electrically (LBE) was launched in March 1956. The industry-wide...

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