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.

Critics say that the data now available online isn’t very meaningful because it’s not comprehensive.

First the measure was given a “defective” 2050 start date. Then it was shot down by voice vote, leaving the stands of individual lawmakers unclear.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigation is in response to a civil rights complaint filed by Earthjustice.

After a federal court shot down the efforts of individual counties, advocates of more regulation have only the Legislature to turn to.

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concludes that Hawaii counties don’t have the right to regulate agriculture.

The EPA is also looking into alleged pesticide violations at Wonder Farm in Waianae. Meanwhile, a probe of Syngenta continues.

Two Hawaii development companies are trying to stop the lawyers for one former client from representing other plaintiffs.

UPDATED: Earthjustice claims the Department of Agriculture isn’t doing enough to protect the public from misuse of pesticides.