EiJ Hawaii Agricultural Hazards

Significant pesticide usage from industrial agriculture:

• "[Hawaii] became the biotech GMO capital of the US after agrochemical transnationals were welcomed to open research fields with fewer restrictions on potentially toxic pesticides."
• Legacy contamination from past monocrop plantations
• Research facilities owned by agrochemical companies like Monsanto - potential illegal dumping, off-site releases of chemicals

Runoff from agriculture (even if it contains just sediments and no pesticides) is harmful to coral reefs

Sources:

https://grist.org/agriculture/the-farmers-restoring-hawaiis-ancient-food...

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2017/03/02/cooperation-is-key-to-reduce-sedi...