Ua noi ʻia ke Kulanui o Florida no ka hoʻokō ʻole i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā moʻolelo lehulehu ma ka ʻoihana Agrichemical

Pūʻulu Paʻi
No ka hoʻokuʻu koke ʻana: Poalua, Iulai 11, 2017
No ka ʻike hou aku i kāhea: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350

ʻO ka hui kiaʻi ʻoihana ʻo US Pono e ʻike i faila a hoʻokolokolo i kēia lā e koi aku i ke Kulanui o Florida e hoʻokō i nā noi palapala lehulehu e pili ana i ka pilina o ke kulanui me nā ʻoihana mahiʻai e hana i nā ʻano ʻenekini a me nā pesticides.

"Ke hana nei mākou i kahi hoʻokolokolo o nā meaʻai a me nā ʻoihana mahiʻai, kā lākou mau hui mua a me nā mea pili i ka lehulehu, kā lākou pili i nā kula nui, a me nā pilikia o ke olakino o kā lākou huahana, i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Gary Ruskin, ka luna hui o US Right to Know. "He kuleana ko ka lehulehu e ʻike inā a i ka wā e launa pū ana nā ʻauhau ʻauhau ʻauhau ʻauhau ʻia a me nā ʻoihana e paipai i kā lākou huahana a me nā manaʻo."

I ka lāʻo Ianuali 5, 2015, ka Ua paʻi ʻo New York Times kahi ʻatikala i ka ʻaoʻao mua, ma muli o nā noi palapala USRTK lehulehu, e pili ana i nā pilina ʻoihana ahupuaʻa i nā polopeka ʻoihana lehulehu, me kahi hoʻokahi mai ke Kulanui o Florida.

Ma Kepakemapa 3, 2015, ua noi ʻo USRTK i nā leka uila i hoʻouna ʻia mai a loaʻa ʻia e ke Kulanui o Florida ma o ka listerver ʻoihana pro-mahiʻai "AgBioChatter." Ma Malaki 7, 2016, ua hāʻawi ke Kulanui o Florida i nā ʻaoʻao he 24 o nā leka uila, a ma Iune 17, 2016 i hāʻawi ʻia he 57 ʻaoʻao hou aʻe, akā hōʻole ʻia ka hapa nui o ka noi. Ua hōʻano hou ʻo USRTK i ka noi o nā moʻolelo lehulehu ma Iulai 16, 2017.

Eia hou, ma ʻOkakopa 27, 2015, ua noi ʻo USRTK i nā leka uila e pili ana i ka ʻoihana ahupuaʻa i hoʻouna ʻia e Jack M. Payne, pelekikena hope poʻokela no ka mahiʻai a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe ma ke Kulanui o Florida, i nā limahana o ke Kulanui o Florida Foundation. Ma Kēkēmapa 15, 2015, ua hāʻawi ke Kulanui o Florida i nā ʻaoʻao he 42 o nā palapala, akā hōʻole ʻia i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā palapala pane ʻē aʻe.

"Ke ʻimi nei mākou i kēia mau moʻolelo e aʻo hou ai e pili ana i ka hana pū ʻana o ke Kulanui o Florida me ka ʻoihana mahiʻai," wahi a Ruskin.

Ma kahi o ka manawa a ka New York Times i paʻi ai ka ʻO nā meaʻai a me nā ʻoihana mahiʻai ʻoihana o ka University of Florida Foundation, wehe ke kumu i kēia mau hōʻike mai kāna pūnaewele.

Ua uhi ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana a USRTK no nā meaʻai a me nā ʻoihana mahiʻai nā nūhou he nui, Me ka New York manawa, Boston poepoe honua, BMJ, ka kahu, Le Monde, Pauahi, CBC a ʻO Jones Jones.

ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi a USRTK no ka palapala mandamus e kūʻē i ka University of Florida Board of Trustees i loaʻa ma: https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Petition-For-Writ-Of-Mandamus.pdf. Ua waiho ʻia ka hoʻopiʻi ma ka ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kaapuni o ka Apana Hoʻokolokolo ʻEwalu, Alachua County, Florida. ʻO US ka hihia e ʻike v. Ke Kulanui o Florida Board of Trustees.

ʻO nā ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o USRTK ma ka: https://usrtk.org/our-litigation/.

Pono ʻo US e ʻike he hui waiwai ʻole e noiʻi i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka ʻōnaehana meaʻai ʻoihana, a me nā hana a ka ʻoihana meaʻai i ka kulekele lehulehu. Paipai mākou i ke ʻano mākeke manuahi o ka transparency - ma ka mākeke a me ka politika - he mea nui ia i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana meaʻai olakino maikaʻi aʻe.

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