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Kauai Community Takes On Syngenta To Demand Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice, Kauai, Pesticides Teddy Basham-Witherington Environmental Justice, Kauai, Pesticides Teddy Basham-Witherington

Kauai Community Takes On Syngenta To Demand Environmental Justice

One leaves the Garden Island wondering why the people of this breathtakingly beautiful island need to play Russian roulette and hope they don’t become a statistic in a cancer cluster when people in the countries where these companies are headquartered live by the precautionary principle. Switzerland, home of Syngenta, has banned the use of the very chemicals that continue to drench the soil of the Garden island.

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