Kauai Pesticides Joint Fact Finding Full Report Draft 3-10-2016

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1

DRAFT

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2

JFF
Study
Group
Signatures

(For
final
report)

_________________________...

3

Table
of
Contents

...

4

VII.
Waimea
Canyon
School
Incidents
-‐
2006
and
2008

78

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5

Partial
List
of
Abbreviations

AI
–
Active
Ingredient

ADC
–
State
of
...

6

Acknowledgements

In
Polynesia
and
other
parts
of
Asia
and
the
Pacific,
...

7

Executive
Summary

This
summary
contains
a
synopsis
of
the
material
inc...

8

period,
they
used
approximately
18-‐tons
of
RUPs
in
total
formulation,
whic...

9

Chapters
IV

Health
Impacts

Because
of
the
small
populations
involve...

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pesticide
reporting
system
allows
for
much
better
assessments
about
environmen...

11

Office
of
the
Governor

Ensure
stronger
agricultural,
environmental,
and
...

12

Department
of
Education

Monitor
the
air
at
Kauaʻi’s
schools;
o...

I.
Introduction

A.
Purpose

This
report
conveys
the
findings
and
reco...

14

B.

Background

Pesticide
use
by
seed
companies
on
Kauaʻi
has
...

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The
JFF
Study
Group’s
inquiry
was
limited
by
the
following:

...

16

They
change,
sometimes
slowly,
sometimes
rapidly,
as
research
accumulates.
The
...

17

II.

Specific
Findings
-‐
Seed
Company
Agricultural
Footprint

...

18

B.

Agriculture
on
Kauaʻi

i.
Total
Kauaʻi
Agricultural
Land

...

19

iv.

Harvested
Cropland

Determining
how
much
land
is
actually ...

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20

truck
crops
to
aquaculture
and
timber
products.
ADC
manages
7,065
acres
in ...

21

D.

Field
Operations
Footprint

i.

The
Geography
of
Pestici...

22

units
link
the
pesticide
spraying
work
orders
to
specific
field
and
crop
...

23

III.

Specific
Findings
–
Pesticide
Use
on
Kauaʻi

A.

...

24

pesticides
in
the
air,
however
California
has
established
‘health
screening
le...

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25

The
20-‐month
total
amount
of
active
ingredients
applied
was
15,072
...

26

ii.

RUP
Sales
Data

RUP
sales
data
is
collected
annually
by
...

27

whereas
2014
RUP
sales
records
show
6,763
lbs.
of
active
ingredients
sold
...

28

Given
the
vagaries
of
determining
the
pesticide
usage
rates,
this
report
do...

29

same
medications,
the
individual
prescription
dosages
are
not
captured
in
the ...

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30

is
used
for
corn.

Kauaʻi
Coffee’s
RUP
usage
is
primarily
limited
to
...

31

C.

Pesticide
Use
by
Non-‐Agricultural
Operations

i. ...

32

• Kauaʻi
County
Public
Works
Department:
Manages
wastewater
treatment,
solid
wast...

33

The
most
common
pesticides
used
are
glyphosate,
other
herbicides,
and
insectic...

34

administers
EUPs
for
areas
over
10
acres.

Hawaiʻi’s
rules
governing
EU...

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35

IV.
Specific
Findings
–
Environmental
Impacts

A.

Introd...

36

ii.

Environmental
Sampling
Studies

Other
than
modeling
efforts
do...

37

pesticides:
glyphosate,
atrazine,
and
metalochlor.
Their
studies
included
turbid
...

38

dioxins
resulting
from
pesticides
used
at
the
former
mill.
2

13.
Kau...

39

fate
and
transport
of
emerging
contaminants
in
surface
and
groundwater
systems...

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40

highest
concentration
of
MITC
found
was
220
times
below
California’s
health
...

41

information
about
when
pesticides
were
being
applied
prevented
more
optimal
ti...

42

years.

No
pesticide
residues
were
found
in
the
Waimea-‐Kekaha
and
Han...

43

v.

Soils
and
Dust

Very
little
data
is
available
on
...

44

While
data
for
estuarine
and
marine
environments
is
more
limited,
studies...

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insignificant,
discountable,
or
non-‐existent
123
different
times
while
NMFS
det...

46

iv.
Additional
Data
from
the
DOH
2014
Stream
Study

The
following
exc...

47

as
herbicides
and
pesticides,
are
now
in
force
by
the
HDOH
Clean
Water
...

48

DOFAW
has
concerns
that
the
high
salinity
levels
of
water
in
the
ditches...

49

USDA
(Steinhaur
et
al.,
2015)
released
some
preliminary
findings
via
a
non-...

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50

An
“Ag
Community
Working
Group”
consisting
of
all
parties
including
beeke...

51

V.
Specific
Findings
–
Human
Health
Impacts
5

A.
Introduction
and
S...

52

needed
to
assess
potential
causality.
It
takes
either
very
large
numbers
or...

53

myeloma,
Parkinson’s
disease,
asthma,
diabetes,
thyroid
disease,
endocrine
disruptio...

54

iii
Chronic
Low
Dose
Pesticide
Exposure

There
is
a
gro...

55

The
following
table
shows
some
of
the
associations
for
both
children
and
...

56

Table
5-‐2
–
Medical
Literature
Associations
and
Kauaʻi
Data

Found
in
the...

57

Found
in
the
medical
literature

...

58

iii.
Low
Birth
Weight

Babies
born
with
a
low
birth
weight
are
more
...

59

iv.
Neurodevelopmental
and
Behavioral
Development
Delays
(Ages
3-‐5)

For
child...

60

Kapaa
1.9%
2.8%
0.7%

Kilauea
2.1%
1.7%
2.4%

Kapaa
Group
Elementary
...

61

Figure
5-‐1:
Percentage
of
Students
with
Development
Delay
in
Kauaʻi
Publ...

62

Figure
5-‐2
–
Other
Disabilities
by
School
Complex

Source:
Hawaiʻi
DOE ...

63

Figure
5-‐3:
Enrollment
Rates
in
Easter
Seals
Programs
(Ages
0-‐3,
2015)
...

64

• The
incidence
of
melanoma
on
Kaua‘i,
and
specifically
in
Census
Tract
...

65

Table
5-‐8
–
Prostate
Cancer
Prevalence

Prostate
Cancer
Prevalence
by
C...

66

Table
5-‐9
-‐
Cancer
Mortality
Rate
per
100,000
Persons

Population
HI
P...

67

Table
5-‐10
-‐
Rates
of
Obesity
and
Diabetes

HI
Primary
Care
N...

68

Figure
5-‐4
–
Adult
Obesity
and
Diabetes
Rates
by
Area

Source:
Hawai...

69

The
Waimea
bar
(West
of
Elelee)
shows
a
greater
rate
(or
prevalence)
of ...

70

Table
5-‐11
–
Socio-‐Economic
Factors
by
Area

%
of

Adults

who
...

71

VI.
Specific
Findings
–
Regulation
and
Oversight

A.

Introduc...

72

These
functions
are
enumerated
in
Chapter
4-‐66
of
the
Hawaiʻi
Administrative...

73

and
Hawaiʻi
(73)
accounting
for
two-‐thirds
of
the
total.
According
to
HDO...

74

vi.

Import
Inspections

Pesticide
...

75

C.

Disclosure
and
Notification
in
Hawaiʻi

HDOA
is
a
...

76

E.
Hawaiʻi’s
and
California’s
Systems
Compared

California
produces
much
of
A...

77

Online

Reporting

Through
Department
of
Pesticide

Regulation

All
known
...

78

VII.
Waimea
Canyon
School
Incidents

Waimea
Canyon
(Middle)
School
(WCM...

79

● The
HDOA
Inspector
collected
samples
of
stinkweed
from
a
nearby
field;
so...

80

● After
one
of
the
teachers’
submitted
photographs
of
the
seed
company
...

81

VIII.

Recent
Pesticide
Developments

A.

Introduction
...

82

C.

Glyphosate
and
Related
Roundup
Compounds

i.
Introduction

In
...

83

2.
Studies
Which
Show
Safety

The
German
Federal
Institute
for
R...

84

Neither
side
has
been
able
to
discuss
this
issue
on
common
ground
for
...

85

parts
of
the
state,
80%
of
the
waterways
tested
were
positive
and
other ...

86

iv.
Status
on
Kauaʻi

Seed
companies
applied
3,095.92
pounds
of
chlorpyrifos ...

87

E.

Enlist
Duo

In
November
2015,
EPA
announced
plans
to
withdraw
...

88

other
states.

For
some,
the
Enlist
Duo
event
brings
into
question
the...

89

IX.

Conclusions

A.

Seed
Company
Footprint

Measurement
of
...

90

insecticides
per
acre.

However
these
estimates
are
based
on
GNP
data
...

91

exposure,
for
example,
death
from
stroke,
infant
mortality,
and
overall
death ...

92

E.
Regulation
and
Oversight

Accurate
information
on
pesticide
usage
by
...

93

X.
Recommendations

The
following
recommendations
are
made
to:
(1)
incr...

94

additional
pesticide-‐related
functions
lack
sufficient
resources
to
do
so
at
...

95

a.
Establish
New
State
Standards
for
“Chronicity”
that
Take
Account
of
...

96

Pending
further
recommendations
from
the
Strassberg
and
Lowry
GNP
evaluation...

97

2.
Initiate
a
Drift
Monitoring
Pilot
Program.

Within
six
months,
in...

98

the
results
of
these
inspections,
including
a
score
sheet
on
the
time
to...

99

7.

Require
mandatory
medical
checks.

As
part
of
the
requirements
...

100

use
PLS,
the
HSPA
can
be
viewed
as
an
initial
CLU
for
use
with
le...

101

E.
The
Honorable
Virginia
Pressler,
M.D.,
–
Director,
Department
of
Health
...

102

collection
needs,
and
to
make
recommendations
for
a
monitoring
plan
for
th...

103

confidential
blood
and/or
urine
tests
at
least
once
a
year.
Focus
initiall...

104

sufficient
Caliber

DOFAW
has
existing
commitments
to
test
surface
wate...

105

presence
in
certain
environmental
samples
taken
on
Kauaʻi,
the
DOW
should
...

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