Project description gm and pesticides

December
2,
2014
GM
Crops
and
Pesticides
on
Kaua’i
A
Joint
Fact
Finding
Study
Group
Peter
S.
Adler
PhD
The
ACCORD3.0
Network
808-‐888-‐0215
padleraccord@gmail.com
www.accord3.com
______________________________________________________________________________________________
The
issue
of
genetically
modified
(GM)
agricultural
production
has
generated
many
questions
and
considerable
emotion.
One
of
the
debates
focuses
on
the
possible
adverse
health
and
environmental
impacts
from
pesticides
used
in
conjunction
with
growing
GM
crops.
Sorting
out
facts
–
what
we
know
and
can
say
with
reasonable
confidence,
what
we
don’t
know,
and
what
we
might
reasonably
need
to
know
in
the
future
–
is
challenging,
but
not
impossible.
Through
a
partnership
between
the
Hawai’i
State
Department
of
Agriculture
(HDOA)
and
County
of
Kaua‘i,
Peter
S.
Adler
and
members
of
The
ACCORD3.0
Network
have
been
asked
by
the
Hawaii
State
Department
of
Agriculture
and
Kaua’i
Mayor
Bernard
Carvalho
to
conduct
a
joint
fact
finding
pilot
project
on
the
Island
of
Kaua‘i.
The
project
will
commence
approximately
January
1,
2015
and
is
expected
to
conclude
within
a
year
of
its
official
start.
If
the
pilot
project
is
successful,
and
where
there
is
interest,
it
may
be
replicated
in
other
counties
or
on
other
Islands
on
similar
or
other
pressing
issues.

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1.
What
is
Joint
Fact
Finding?
Joint
Fact
Finding
(JFF)
is
an
analytic
deliberation
process
designed
to
gather
and
interpret
facts
pertinent
to
a
specific
problem.
It
does
this
in
a
disciplined
manner
and
through
courteous
but
rigorous
evidence-‐based
debate.
The
process
uses
a
carefully
designed
working
group
structure
made
up
of
experts
who
may
have
diverse
political
and
policy
opinions
but
are
willing
to
engage
in
robust
and
healthy
factual
discussions.
The
overall
goals
of
any
JFF
are
to
illuminate
the
factual
assumptions
behind
a
controversy,
map
areas
of
factual
agreement
that
all
parties
can
respect,
put
those
areas
in
a
proper
context,
and
help
inform
policy.
A
JFF
may
also
identify
specific
questions
and
issues
to
be
further
assessed
in
separate
studies.
Tailored
to
accommodate
specific
circumstances,
JFF
may
be
conducted
under
or
embedded
within
other
processes
such
as
Technical
Advisory
Groups,
Stakeholder
Panels,
Study
Groups,
and
Policy
Dialogues.
Additional
information
is
available
at
http://accord3.com/pg84.cfm.
2.
Why
is
this
necessary?
The
practice
of
GM
agriculture
in
Hawaii
has
raised
important
policy
and
regulatory
questions.
While
there
are
many
debates,
one
focuses
on
the
use
of
pesticides
and
potential
health
and
environmental
harms.
Some
say
there
are
none,
while
others
believe
differently,
and
many
simply
do
not
have
enough
Cartoon
by
John
Pritchett,
Honolulu
Civil
Beat,
Aug.
22.2013
information
or
facts
on
which
to
base
an
opinion.
Thus
far,
debates
over
pesticides
and
other
related
issues
have
been
pursued
primarily
through
litigation,
legislative
proposals,
and
political
lobbying.
Missing
from
the
picture
have
have
been
safe
spaces
where
people
with
knowledge
and
goodwill
who
may
disagree
with
each
other
can
meet
review,
discuss,
interpret
evidence
and
deliberate.
The
JFF
will
provide
a
forum
for
rigorous
consideration,
evidence-‐based
debate,
and
collective
fact-‐finding.
3.
What
will
this
particular
effort
do?

Based
on
an
examination
of
available
literature
and
data
sources,
the
JFF
group
will,
to
the
best
of
its
abilities,
undertake
a
broad
examination
of
where
GM
and
other
production
scale
crops
are
grown
on
Kaua’i,
the
historic
and
current
use
of
pesticides
on
Kaua‘i,
the
prevalence
of
acute
and
chronic
health
conditions
occurring
on
Kaua‘i
at
levels
that
are
above
state-‐
or
nation-‐wide
rates,
and
any
evidence
of
environmental
contamination
that
can
reasonably
and
empirically
be
associated
with
the
use
of
pesticides.
3
i
The
JFF
group
may
consult
with
recognized
experts
in
specific
technical
and
policy
areas
pertinent
to
the
use
of
pesticides
and
their
impacts
but
the
work
will
be
specific
to
Kaua’i.
Through
this
approach,
the
JFF
group
will
develop
the
highest
possible
consensus-‐
based
recommendations
on
priorities
for
future
study,
define
the
scope
of
such
studies
and
propose
methodologies
for
improving
the
monitoring
of
any
health
or
environmental
impacts
associated
with
pesticide
use
on
Kaua’i.
It
may
also
choose
to
make
other
recommendations
that
will
advance
wise
and
practical
policy.
4.
Will
the
JFF
group
produce
original
research?
No.
The
project
will
collect,
summarize,
and
discuss
existing
evidence.
5.
Who
will
be
responsible
for
independently
convening,
facilitating
and
reporting
on
the
results
of
the
JFF
group?
Peter
S.
Adler,
PhD
will
serve
as
Project
Director.
He
and
his
project
team
will
take
no
political
positions
for
or
against
GMO
and
will
operate
with
substantive
independence.
Members
of
the
project
team
will
include:
• Mr.
Keith
Mattson
who
will
be
responsible
for
gathering
available
technical
information
on
agricultural
land
use
and
pesticides.
• Dr.
Bruce
Anderson
PhD
who
will
be
responsible
for
gathering
available
public
health
and
epidemiology
information.
• Ms.
Catherine
Nyberg
who
will
provide
on-‐island
project
support
for
the
JFF
meetings.
• Ms.
Katie
Ranney
who
will
manage
materials
posted
to
the
project
website.

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• Ms.
Christina
Sablan
who
will
gather
available
information
on
environmental
contamination
and
pollution
on
Kaua’i
and
also
serve
as
project
documentarian.
• Mr.
Ken
Schmidt
who
will
provide
mapping
and
Geographic
Information
Systems
(GIS)
expertise.
Brief
bios
are
at
Annex-‐1.
6.
What
expertise
will
be
represented
on
the
JFF
group
itself
and
who
will
select
them?
To
the
greatest
extent
possible,
the
group
will
be
composed
of
not
fewer
than
nine
individuals
from
Kaua‘i
who
have
knowledge
of
Kaua’i
and
good
backgrounds
in
any
of
the
following:
agriculture,
environmental
health,
epidemiology,
toxicology,
biostatistics,
medicine,
or
land-‐based
practices
such
as
farming,
fishing,
hunting,
or
gathering.
In
addition
to
knowledge
and
experience,
the
JFF
process
requires
people
who:
• Will
commit
the
time
and
energy
needed
to
the
project.
• May
have
pro-‐
or
anti-‐GMO
leanings
but
are
willing
to
examine
data
and
evidence.
• Are
willing
to
read,
study
and
learn.
• Can
exercise
self-‐restraint
and
respect
in
working
groups,
especially
to
those
who
may
hold
different
views.
• Do
homework
between
meetings
if
needed.
• Work
towards
the
common
goals
of
the
project.
Selection
of
the
JFF
members
will
be
done
by
Dr.
Adler
with
full
consideration
of
diverse
qualified
nominees
and
with
the
advice
of
three
advisers
who
themselves
will
not
be
members
of
the
JFF
group.
The
three
selection
advisers
are
Dr.
Helen
Cox,
Chancellor,
Kaua‘i
Community
College;
Dr.
Mehana
D.
B.
Blaich
Vaughn,
Assistant
Professor,
University
of
Hawaii
at
Mānoa,
Department
of
Natural
Resources
&
Environmental
Management,
College
of
Tropical
Agriculture
&
Human
Resources;
and
Diane
Zachary,
President
and
CEO,
Kaua`i
Planning
&
Action
Alliance.
The
JFF
process
will
also
make
use
of
other
technical
experts
from
Kaua’i
and
elsewhere
as
needed.
7.
How
will
the
project
work?

Preliminary
Work
by
the
Project
Team
Before
the
process
commences,
the
Project
Director
and
his
team
will
assemble
a
preliminary
inventory
of
existing
pertinent
studies
and
other
baseline
information
that
will
be
expanded
and
interpreted
once
meetings
of
the
JFF
group
commence.
This
inventory
of
research
will
be
presented
in
draft
form
for
consideration
by
the
JFF
group.
It
will
then
be
further
refined
during
the
JFF
process.
Simultaneously,
interviews
with
15-‐25
people
will
be
conducted
on
Kaua’i
to
identify
(a)
potential
specific
pesticide-‐related
questions
to
be
flagged
for
possible
study,
and
(b)
the
potential
expertise
that
is
available
on
Kaua’i
and
needed
for
an
effective
JFF
Group.
Meetings
While
the
process
will
remain
flexible,
the
JFF
group
itself
will
convene
for
an
anticipated
set
of
8
meetings
to
be
held
over
a
12-‐month
period
with
further
information
gathering
and
teleconferences
taking
place
between
meetings.
The
meetings
will
commence
as
early
in
2015
as
practicable.
Members
of
the
group
will
be
volunteers
but
will
receive
a
small
stipend
for
each
meeting
they
attend
to
help
defray
incidentals
and
local
travel
costs.
Disclosure
and
Civility
All
members
of
the
group,
as
well
as
the
project
team,
will
be
required
to
disclose
financial
or
working
relationships
that
could
be
perceived
as
actual
or
possible
conflicts
of
interest
or
indications
of
strong
bias.
Conflicts
of
interest
will
not
automatically
disqualify
someone
but
must
be
openly
declared
so
as
to
ensure
a
reasonable
balance
of
perspectives.
The
group
will
operate
under
a
signed
“Charter
of
Commitments”
that
will
constitute
the
JFF’s
“Rules
of
the
Road”
covering
decision
making
and
meeting
protocols.
Key
among
these
rules
will
be
hard
commitments
to
civility
and
confidentiality
within
the
working
group
and
to
maintain
an
open
mind
to
review
all
pertinent
and
high
quality
evidence.
8.
How
will
the
public
know
what
is
going
on?
In
two
ways.
First,
an
open-‐access
project
website
will
be
created
for
information
that
is
gathered
along
the
way,
with
periodic
project
updates.
The
website
will
be
at
http://www.accord3.com/pg1000.cfm.
Second,
at
least
two
of
the
anticipated
eight
meetings
will
welcome
respectful
comments
and
questions
from
the
public.
One
will
be
a
technical
and
scientific
discussion
with
invited
experts.
The
other
public
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meeting
will
be
when
a
draft
report
has
been
created.
Both
meetings
will
be
publicized
through
the
project
website
and
other
means.
9.
What
can
be
expected
in
the
group’s
final
report?
The
final
report
will
include
the
project’s
background,
a
description
of
the
JFF
group’s
formation,
a
chronology
of
its
deliberations,
and
the
JFF
group’s
findings
and
recommendations.
The
report
and
its
attachments
will
include:
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a. A
general
bibliography
of
peer
reviewed
studies
and
credible
scientific
and
technical
reports
pertinent
to
GM
crop
production,
pesticide
use
and
associated
health
and
environmental
impacts
on
Kaua’i.
b. A
summary
and/or
maps
with
the
best
available
data
on
locations
of
Kaua‘i
lands
in
crop
production,
including
those
in
GM
crop
production.
c. A
summary
of
the
best
available
data
on
historic
and
current
pesticide
use
on
GM
and
other
larger
scale
cultivations
on
Kaua‘i.
d. A
summary
of
the
best
available
data
on
the
incidence
and
prevalence
of
acute
and
chronic
diseases
and
injuries
on
Kaua‘i
that
may
be
associated
with
pesticide
use.
e. A
summary
of
studies
of
environmental
pollution
and
contamination
related
to
pesticide
use
on
Kaua‘i.
f. A
list
of
prioritized
future
research
questions
to
further
examine
possible
environmental
and
health
impacts
that
may
be
associated
with
the
pesticides
used
in
GM
crop
production
(and,
to
the
extent
possible,
by
other
major
pesticide
users),
the
proposed
general
scope
of
future
studies,
prospective
sponsors,
and
potential
funding
sources
for
such
studies.
g. Such
other
practical
recommendations
as
the
group
finds
warranted
from
its
factual
analysis.
10.
How
much
will
the
JFF
project
cost
and
who
is
paying
for
it?
The
entire
project
will
cost
$100,000.
Half
comes
from
the
Hawai’i
State
Department
of
Agriculture
(HDOA)
and
half
from
the
County
of
Kaua‘i
through
the
Office
of

7
Economic
Development.
The
contract
is
administered
through
HDOA
but
will
be
independently
implemented
and
managed
by
Dr.
Adler
and
the
project
team.
11.
How
can
persons
submit
(a)
names
of
qualified
individuals
to
be
considered
for
JFF
membership
and
(b)
information
on
relevant
studies
or
other
data
that
the
JFF
group
should
consider?
Once
the
project
officially
starts
and
the
website
has
been
populated
with
initial
documents,
the
public
is
cordially
invited
to
submit:
a. The
names
of
persons
who
know
the
Island’s
communities
and
landscapes
and/or
have
pertinent
backgrounds,
experience
or
detailed
understandings
of
agriculture,
environmental
health,
epidemiology,
toxicology,
biostatistics,
medicine,
public
health
or
other
related
disciplines.
To
be
considered,
nominations
must
be
accompanied
by
(i)
an
indication
that
they
may
actually
be
willing
to
serve;
(ii)
contact
information
and
(iii)
a
biographical
profile
or
curriculum
vitae
for
the
person
nominated.
b. Citations
and
references
on
(i)
relevant
studies,
preferably
peer-‐reviewed
articles
published
in
major
scientific
journals
and
(ii)
data
or
possible
data-‐sources
on
Kaua’i-‐specific
agricultural
land
use,
pesticide
use,
health
impacts,
and
environmental
pollution
and
contamination
that
could
be
linked
to
GM
pesticides.
Persons
interested
in
submitting
either
of
the
above
should
check
the
project
website
at
http://www.accord3.com/pg1000.cfm.

8
Annex-‐1
Project
Team
Biographies
_________________________________
Peter
S.
Adler,
PhD
is
a
planner,
mediator,
facilitator
and
a
principal
in
ACCORD3.0,
a
professional
network
of
people
specializing
in
foresight,
strategy,
and
cooperative
problem
solving.
Adler
has
worked
in
the
government,
business
and
NGO
sectors
and
teaches
advanced
negotiation
courses
in
the
Department
of
Urban
and
Planning
at
the
University
of
Hawaii.
Prior
executive
experience
includes
nine
years
as
President
and
CEO
of
The
Keystone
Center
(www.keystone.org),
Executive
Director
of
the
Hawaii
Justice
Foundation,
and
founding
Director
of
the
Hawaii
Supreme
Court’s
Center
for
Alternative
Dispute
Resolution.
He
is
the
author
of
three
books
and
numerous
academic
and
popular
articles.
He
resides
in
Honolulu.
Bruce
Anderson,
Ph.D.,
retired
from
the
State
of
Hawaii
in
December
2013
after
serving
as
President
and
Chief
Executive
Officer
(PCEO)
of
Hawaiì
Health
Systems
Corporation
(HHSC),
which
includes
the
twelve
public
health
hospitals
and
outpatient
services
in
Hawaii.
He
was
previously
Director
of
Health
of
the
State
Department
of
Health
and
Deputy
Director
for
Environmental
Health.
Bruce
has
over
20
years
of
experience
in
managing
health
and
environmental
protection
programs
and
in
dealing
with
complex
environmental
policy
and
planning
issues
in
Hawaiì.
He
was
also
President
of
Oceanic
Institute,
on
Oahu,
where
he
led
a
team
of
over
70
scientists,
researchers
and
support
staff
in
developing
and
transferring
new
aquaculture
technologies
to
the
private
sector.
He
continues
to
be
involved
in
addressing
health
and
environmental
concerns
through
his
consulting
business,
Bruce
Anderson
Consulting,
LLC.
Bruce
was
born
and
raised
in
Hawaiì.
He
went
to
Punahou
School
on
Oahu,
Colorado
College
and
received
his
Master’s
in
Public
Health
from
Yale
University
and
a
Ph.D.
in
biomedical
sciences
from
the
University
of
Hawaiì.
He
enjoys
saltwater
fly-‐fishing
and
hiking,
riding
horses
and
gardening
with
his
wife,
Debbie,
on
their
ranch
on
the
Big
Island.
Keith
Mattson,
MCP
is
a
member
of
The
ACCORD3.0
professional
network
and
President
of
Keith
Mattson
LLC,
a
Honolulu
consulting
firm
specializing
in
planning
and
policy
analysis.
His
recent
work
has
focused
on
Transit
Oriented
Development
(TOD)
planning
along
the
future
HART
rapid
transit
line
in
Honolulu
and
Joint
Fact
Finding
processes
to
resolve
complex
issues
and
debates
at
neighborhood
and
county
levels.
Prior
to
launching
his
consulting
firm
in
November
2013,
he
worked
at
the
University
of
Hawaii
(UH)
for
17
years
as
a
laboratory
development
project
manager
and
economic
development
program
director.
His
work
for
UH
included
managing
a
National
Institutes
of
Health
grant
to
build
a
new
biological
research

9
laboratory;
creating
and
administering
new
grant
programs
to
support
UH
faculty
research
and
teaching.
Prior
to
moving
to
Hawaii
in
1997,
he
held
senior
urban
and
regional
planning
positions
in
California,
Colorado,
and
Indonesia.
Kathryn
Ranney
will
soon
graduate
from
UH
Manoa
with
a
Masters
degree
in
Communication
and
a
Graduate
Certificate
in
Conflict
Resolution.
Currently
employed
at
the
Matsunaga
Institute
for
Peace,
Katie
also
works
freelance
on
independent
facilitation
projects
ranging
from
strategic
planning
to
collaborative
workshops.
Her
interests
include
incorporating
new
technology
in
group
work,
intercultural
communication,
swing
dancing,
and
cooking.
Catherine
Nyberg
graduated
with
a
degree
in
Business
Management
from
the
University
of
Colorado
at
Boulder.
Shortly
after
graduating,
she
moved
to
Kaua’i
to
pursue
a
career
in
Hospitality
Management.
After
5
years
in
the
hotel
industry,
Catherine
decided
to
switch
gears
and
work
in
conflict
resolution.
She
has
assisted
on
other
projects
and
brings
organizational
and
problem
solving
skills.
Christina
Sablan
is
a
graduate
student
at
the
University
of
Hawai’i
at
Manoa,
where
she
is
pursuing
a
master’s
degree
in
urban
and
regional
planning
as
well
as
a
graduate
certificate
in
conflict
resolution.
Her
research
interests
include
community
planning,
land
use
management,
and
civic
engagement.
She
recently
served
as
a
graduate
student
assistant
for
a
JFF
workshop
convened
by
Dr.
Adler
in
Honolulu
in
March
2014,
and
spent
the
past
year
providing
logistical
and
research
support
for
the
New
Directions
Committee
of
the
Association
for
Conflict
Resolution’s
Environmental
Public
Policy
Section.
Prior
to
graduate
school,
she
worked
as
a
journalist,
nonprofit
program
manager,
and
environmental
educator
on
Saipan
in
the
Northern
Mariana
Islands.
She
is
also
a
former
member
of
the
Northern
Mariana
Islands
legislature.
Ken
Schmidt
has
over
30
years
of
experience
in
the
application
of
mapping
and
geospatial
technologies
that
create
location
based
information
products
for
use
by
government
and
private
businesses.
He
provides
expertise
in
the
planning,
design,
implementation,
and
deployment
of
geographically
based
technology
systems
for
an
organization’s
operations
and
services.
He
has
managed
and
administered
the
City
and
County
of
Honolulu’s
Geographic
and
Land
Information
System
(GIS/LIS),
and
the
construction
permitting
systems.
In
2012,
Ken
traveled
to
Ukraine
as
part
of
a
U.S.
State
Department
American
Council
of
International
Education
Legislative
Fellows
program
to
help
promote
the
value
of
geospatial
technologies
in
managing
local
government
functions
and
operations.
Collaborative
mapping
and
educating

others
on
the
benefits
and
possibilities
of
using
geospatial
data
and
technology
is
a
primary
objective
in
all
of
his
efforts.
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NOTES
i
In
its
examination
of
pesticide
use,
the
JFF
group
will
pay
particular
attention
to,
but
not
limit
itself
to
Atrazine,
Bifrenthin,
Chlorpyrifos,
Clothianidin,
Glyphosate,
Paraquat,
2-‐4-‐Dichlorophenoxyacetic
acid,
Neonicotinoids
and
other
chemical
compounds
that
constitute
restricted
use
pesticides
(RUPs)
as
well
as
other
pesticides
that
are
used
in
high
volumes.
To
the
greatest
extent
possible,
and
for
comparison
purposes,
the
effort
will
also
look
at
other
major
users
of
pesticides
on
Kaua‘i,
including
but
not
limited
to
golf
courses,
resorts
and
other
commercial
users,
transportation
agencies,
public
lands
management,
and
general
household
usage
where
data
are
available.
In
its
examination
of
health
impacts,
the
JFF
group
will
review
the
best
available
data
on
the
prevalence
or
incidence
of
acute
and
chronic
health
conditions
occurring
on
Kaua‘i
at
levels
that
are
above
state-‐
or
nation-‐wide
rates,
including
cancers,
birth
defects,
asthma,
autism
and
other
health
conditions
that
can
be
identified
through
existing
and
available
health
surveillance
data.
Data
sources
will
include
the
Hawai’i
Tumor
Registry,
the
Hawai’i
Birth
Defects
Registry,
the
Hawai’i
State
Department
of
Health
Pesticide
Illness
and
Injury
Reporting
system,
reported
hospital
admissions
on
Kaua‘i,
and
other
databases
or
clinical
records
that
may
be
made
available
to
the
JFF
group.

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