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Chlorpyrifos is commonly sprayed on citrus fruits, apples and other crops.

State officials call the results reassuring but some environmental experts aren’t so sure.

In a lawsuit brought by hundreds against Monsanto, a hearing begins to determine if cancer claims are widely accepted.

Environmental groups complain about the “ridiculously small fine” that resulted from the company’s misuse of pesticides on Kauai

The GMO company will pay $150,000 instead of the $4.8 million that had been sought for exposing Kauai workers to pesticides.

The chemical dicamba appears to have caused widespread crop damage on the mainland but in Hawaii you can’t even find out whether it’s being used or where.

Local organizations contend the state was wrong to give the seed company a permit to grow genetically modified crops on public land.

A woman files suit saying she lost her job after repeatedly reporting misuse of pesticides on the company’s North Shore farm.

A measure to implement the recommendations of a state-sponsored study group met with “too much opposition,” one lawmaker said.

The representative from the Big Island also wants to fund a study of the impact of chlorpyrifos on pregnant women in Hawaii.