the federal government because of evidence that they are harmful to human health in 2000 the e.p.a. bancorp boss in many household products like insecticides after research showed it cause nausea in dizziness especially in children who later studies found children exposed prenatal lead to the past decide how to increase the odds of developmental and attention disorders. is however authorized for use for agricultural purposes and it's still used massively for that reason basically the federal government has granted syngenta and pioneer the right to test as asides here on this island outside of what the label mandates states including hawaii started to pass some of their own laws to regulate these open air they'll test sites and as this kind of patchwork regulatory framework came into being they said oh we better go out to the feds and design something that works for asked when you look at what's happening on the west side it's mainly made. and working communities of color that are being most impacted and a lot of the lands that these chemical companies operate on are state lands which are la

e.p.a. won't bancorp pyra font's reversing efforts by the obama administration the c.e.o. of dow chemical the maker of the past aside here with the president applauded the decision the company saying it is confident in the health and safety of its product . these companies are criminal enterprises and the only way they can get away with what they're doing is by corrupting our political process. in addition to the importance of protecting our communities that live in these environments every day it's hypocritical turns can bring apples or any kind of fruit or any food from the mainland because of agriculture restrictions yet chemical corporations can experiment with genetically modified crops with pesticides that are bad throughout europe when you're looking at how we market our environment to millions and millions of people around the world they have no idea that when they come here they may actually be being exposed to pesticides that are known to be toxic so why are we protecting a $200000000.00 a year industry for of experimental agriculture instead of a $15000000000.00