Maui County officials are considering rolling back a ban on pesticides and herbicides in public parks and golf courses. This move comes only three years after the County Council voted unanimously to ban harmful chemical pesticides and herbicides from public land after hearing public testimony and research on the dangers of these chemicals to people, land, and water.
The Parks Department is seeking an exemption, citing challenges in maintaining these areas to the standard of other competing areas without chemical treatments. They cited feedback from the public, some of whom objected to the smell of some of the organic treatments used.
