via Tia Lia Maui, Hawai‘i Wolbachia Mosquitoes in Hawaii: Unsettled Science (Part 1) Public outcry seems to have fallen on deaf ears as the State of Hawaii moves forward with its plan to release biopesticide laboratory-reared Wolbachia bacteria-inoculated mosquitoes on Maui and Kauai, with future expansion of the project to additional islands. Serious concerns have […]
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Department of Ag Introducing New Mosquito
Over 75% of testimony was in opposition and the Hawai‘i Department Of Agriculture (DOA) board voted to approve and this project is moving forward. The State of #Hawaii is planning to release laboratory-reared #Wolbachia bacteria-inoculated #mosquitoes on #Maui. Video of the HDOA Board of Agriculture meeting on 6/28/22 is available to view online. The Wolbachia […]
Maui County Department of Ag Moving Forward
UPDATE: The Environmental, Agricultural and Cultural Preservation Committee introduced a Maui Department of Agriculture. The item passed first reading at a full Council of Maui Count on July 10, 2020. The vote was 6-2, Yuki Sugimura and Tasha Kama voting no and one excused, Riki Hokama. The item will have a second reading at the […]
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