NEWS ARTICLES:

 

Articles on public concerns about the aerial drop:

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OP-ED: Despite Research, Preparations, Rat Concerns Remain

(The Garden Island Op-Ed, August 24, 2017)

 

OP-ED: Delay of Rat Poison Would Be Best

(The Garden Island  Op-Ed, August 7, 2017)

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Objections Rise to Poison Plan

(The Garden Island, August 4, 2017)

 

State to Investigate Poison Use Planned for Lehua

(The Garden Island, August 3, 2017)

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Questions Still Rising Over Rat Poison Plan

(The Garden Island, July 28, 2017)

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The Lehua Aerial Poison Drop – Endangering Native Hawaiians and the Local Fishing Industry?

(Huffington Post, June 7, 2017)

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Reaction of Ni'ihauan community to the failed 2009 aerial rodenticide drop:

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Ni'ihau Residents Upset by New Eradication Plan

(Honolulu Advertiser, October 2009)

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Click here for news on more recent events,

including on Hawaii legislative investigative hearing (October 2017), video release of fish and bird die-off (September 2018) and death of five whales in mass stranding on Kaua‘i (October 2017).

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