18 Hawaii Island Schools found to have arsenic in their soil
The Hawaii State Department of Education and the Hawaii Department of Health is implementing an environmental hazard plan after 18 schools were shown to have arsenic and organochlorine pesticides present in the soil.
KITV Channel 4
Thursday, March 7th 2019, 11:37 AM HST by KITV Web Staff
A soil study was done on 23 Hawaii Island schools on the east side.
Now the Hawaii State Department of Education and the Hawaii Department of Health is implementing an environmental hazard plan after 18 of those schools were shown to have arsenic and organochlorine pesticides present in the soil.
The review began in 2017 to evaluate the presence of arsenic due to historic use of arsenic-based herbicides when the land was utilized for sugar cane cultivation prior to the schools being built.
Full story:
https://www.kitv.com/story/40088878/18-hawaii-island-schools-found-to-have-arsenic-in-their-soil
Attn kids: stop eating dirt, that’s what glue is for.
That’s the Big Island, which is 300 miles from Kauai.