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To: Jeff Chandler

Yes it is beautiful except that the soil of sugarcane plantations is usually toxic from arsenic residues.


4 posted on 03/09/2019 12:49:24 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

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


14 posted on 03/09/2019 12:57:46 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

Arsenic residues, why?


23 posted on 03/09/2019 1:20:50 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Jyotishi

Yes it is beautiful except that the soil of sugarcane plantations is usually toxic from arsenic residues.

Yes it is beautiful but it’s a POS! Unless you have scads of money to cover up the piece of shytness, I wouldn’t live there for all the money in the world........no baby


28 posted on 03/09/2019 2:48:59 PM PST by Dawgreg
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