Protect Our Keiki from Pesticide Drift
Protect Our Keiki, ʻĀina and Farm Workers from Pesticide Drift
The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment will be hearing a bill to ban the toxic fumigant Telone II (1,3-D) on Friday, March 20th at 4:00pm in Conference Room 224 (and virtually). Testimony is due by Thursday at 4pm (although late testimony is still accepted).
Support HB 1880 HD3: Ban Telone II (1,3-Dichloropropene)
What Does This Bill Do?
Beginning 1/1/2030, prohibits the use or application of a pesticide containing 1,3-dichloropropene as an active ingredient, such as Telone.
Why Is This Important? Sample Testimony:
Please support HB 1880 HD3 which bans the use or application of a pesticide containing 1,3-dichloropropene as an active ingredient, such as Telone II.
Classified as a likely carcinogen in the United States, 1,3-D is currently banned in 40 countries.1,3-D is listed as a Prop 65 carcinogen and a Toxic Air Contaminant by the State of California. It is also a water contaminant.
Analysis of restricted use pesticide (RUP) reporting data (2019-2021) in Hawaii reveals consistently high 1,3-D usage by 1-2 users across several years since RUP use reporting was first mandated in 2019. In many years it was the most heavily applied (total pounds) RUP in Hawaiʻi. Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been applied in Central Oʻahu. Upcounty Maui usage has been high as well but appears to have declined in recent years. Usage occurs near schools, homes and other sensitive areas.
1,3-D can drift for miles from the application site. Reports have indicated that harmful levels can occur even when tarps are used. As a fumigant, 1,3-D is highly volatile, meaning it turns into gas and moves off-site, sometimes weeks after application.
Air monitoring has detected hazardous levels of 1,3-D more than half a mile from treated fields. One instance in California showed harmful levels from a source over seven miles away.
Support HB 1880 HD3. Please prioritize public health and ban Telone (1,3-D).
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