Comments on: Large cane burns on Maui linked to respiratory distress

By: Local Islander

Local Islander — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 03:02:07 +0000

Article fails to mention that the Current Harvest plans call for entire sugar cane fields to be sprayed with herbicides a couple weeks prior to harvest,l the smoke is filled with burning black plastics, herbicides, pesticides and chemical fertilizer residues…. YUCK! Poison!

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:34:36 +0000

I knew it, having that smoke and ash for so many years, has to have an effect on us.
People have a misconception that keeping the sugarcane business here will keep the high rises,and over development from happening. But if it is saving the land while making us sick ,is it worth it? And who is it saving the land for ? Not for the good of the people. If they care about the people of Maui,they would have switched to nonburning harvesting decades ago. They said it wasn’t cost effective. Meanwhile there’s all that land.not to mention water rights they are sitting on. And for what? My opinion, people who support cane business are supporting those men who put the queen in jail. Cane burning is in no way part of our culture. It’s part of genocide.

By: Katherine Wilson

Katherine Wilson — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 06:16:41 +0000

Thank You! From my family that has been coughing and sick from the cane burning for too long!!
AloHA