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Hawaiʻi’s History With Pollution
Hawai‘i has suffered from an influx of introduced pollutants and invasive species for over two centuries. Even when harmful practices end, the damage often lingers for multiple generations. At one point, sugar cane was the #1 export of Hawai‘i, but the use of arsenic-based pesticides and herbicides during the 1920s and 1940s has left dangerous…