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Herbicides are more than just a headache for Hawai‘i residents
Diane Koerner travels with an oxygen tank in the trunk of her car, all the windows rolled up and the air conditioning on recirculate. The Big Island resident, who suffers from severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, takes such precautions because smelling the herbicide Roundup can leave her [...]

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Litigation complicates irrigation discussion, impacts new study
The March 2006 Ka Loko Reservoir Dam disaster that claimed seven lives and wrought untold millions of dollars in property damage also had a considerable impact on the farming operations of the surrounding Kilauea area, a new report shows.
The final version of an engineering and monitoring study was presented [...]

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Guava and banana production in Hawaii continued lower in 2008.
Guava production was 3.5 million pounds, down 19 percent from 2007 and was the lowest amount processed since 1977, the National Agricultural Statistics Hawaii Field Office said in a report Monday.
The report said guava production has continued to decline since 2006, when a large processor closed.
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