Officials: Don't eat coconuts from Hawaii's injected trees

Injecting coconut trees with chemicals has proven effective in fighting coconut rhinoceros beetles, but can the coconuts be eaten after the tree is injected?
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[@1wolfpup]

Don't poison food!! This is basic. People that live there should be able to eat from food trees. What is wrong with people.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

You don’t always have a choice. We have wood floors and doors in my house that doesn’t exist anymore cause a foreign bug came into the country and wiped out all those trees. You may not have a choice if the beetles can just destroy all the trees Though, we have those red Chinese beetle things that also came into the country, my dad put a sticky trap around the tree cause they climb up the trees and that has worked

[@egrogan6482]

@@Catherine.Dorian. When I was a flight attendant back in early 80s I remember having layovers in Hawaii. They searched all out suitcases because they knew they didn't want to have any foreign insects, etc. coming in with food or elsewhere. I don't know if they still do that.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@egrogan6482 I imagine they do, Hawaii has always been really good about that. We are on the mainland and that hasn’t gone so well

[@ivanrodriguez268]

people are over reproducing and eating way too much, that's what's really wrong here

[@BraddahHuna]

You can’t eat fruit from a dead tree. Do the process and quarantine the tree until the chemicals are gone. At least this way the trees have a chance.

[@shikoikurogami8480]

What they’re saying is they’re using a neurotoxin that affects insect nervous systems.

[@tonirodriguez6649]

Sounds like mRNA jab..

[@Runnifier]

If you’re saving the tree but destroying the food you’ve missed the point

[@lalaismyalterego7444]

Most of the trees they are intending to treat are decorative in nature only. They are worried about street vendors taking coconuts off of private property trees and selling them to unsuspecting tourists. However, most of those trees are trimmed to not fruit because of the liability of falling coconuts, so there's that. 1 of my trees in my yard is infected and I am thinking about treatment because it's either that or cut it down due to instability. It's an older, very tall tree in a residential area, so it could cause severe damage if it continues to degrade.

[@sqlexp]

Can't they just use nicotine?

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

@@sqlexp fr!

[@tyffanypoudrier2826]

Right 😂I was thinking the same thing ! How is this beneficial

[@OO-tb4ou]

Not if it helps get rid of the bugs that render the tree useless to us. Idk. Battling insects like this is rough and important

[@alohamom2380]

Remember when: DDT was sprayed over pineapple/sugar cane fields? Only to learn decades later that the chemicals had leached into the water tables? In addition, the pineapple tops were fed to livestock....

[@urs-]

I remember playing in the mist left behind by the trucks that use to drive around spraying some kind of insecticide in the neighborhoods. That was in the 60’s. So far…so good 🤞🏼🤞🏼😳😆

[@KittyMama61]

@@urs- We did too. Now I'm being treated for B-cell aggressive lymphoma. My sister had the same cancer. Chemo is no joke. Just make sure you monitor your health closely. I am 63 now.

[@minimaladjacent]

ddt was the magic spray... the medical encyclopedia set my family has...you were supposed to put it on your body to treat body lice etc....smh, circa 1960s.... roundup is the new ddt... and very damaging too. I haven't used pesticides in about 30 yrs... they used to spray neighbourhoods and kids would follow in the clouds... for mosquitos etc. just using traps or picking off japanese beetles so far- gotten them in our area for the first time a few yrs ago.

[@kinzieconrad105]

And when they stopped, polio went away!

[@AlvinKazu]

DDT is still being used in 3rd world countries where there are no regulations. MANY fruits are coming from these places and people are eating them.

[@bobcaygeon975]

Brought to you by Bayer/Monsanto.

[@AtarahDerek]

If the point of killing the beetles is saving the coconut crop, why are they contaminating the crop?

[@NewMoahk]

I'm guessing they are saving coconut trees that are used for landscaping purposes.

[@alfreddoncarlo9004]

No Goofball It's So Theresa No Beetles On Th Street

[@NewMoahk]

@@alfreddoncarlo9004 Are you joking?

[@alfreddoncarlo9004]

@@NewMoahk why would I be joking?

[@user-lw1pm8qi1h]

They are only concerned about aesthetics for the white and yellow people. Not fruit bearing.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

Whoever is making bank on those tree injections is the villain here.

[@NewMoahk]

Plus the customers, right?

[@JO3BID3N-is-a-P3D0]

yes to both, what we need is better lables so the sheep can boycott toooooo

[@jamesbizs]

Are you honestly this dumb? Or just ignorant? You got any better ideas? Or just complaints. Either you kill off the Beatles now, and ruin the current generation of coconuts, or you let them live, and have no coconuts to eat, OR the trees later. But sure sure. They are the villain. 🙄

[@user-mq5zh3fx8e]

No. Its whoever is funding them with your money. Democrat lawmakers. They are the enemy of humanity. Sooner or later, people will figure it out. Probably later.

[@cj9667]

Trust your supplier…as he laughs! 😳

[@jazziez6467]

yeah he thinks its funny if they get sick or die

[@user-et5qs2en4c]

Exactly 👍

[@SydneyCollin]

depraved

[@tyffanypoudrier2826]

@@cj9667 yup like trust the government 🙄

[@s.m6605]

Exactly, what an absolute idiot!

[@Light4theWorldTV]

This is ridiculous!!!! They need to stop this now and get a natural solution.

[@lesliewelch6551]

lol, they do not care, they are making millions of dollars. Natural remedies cost peanuts, how would you expect them to make money and poison the food.

[@rociorosariolimonavila4564]

Massive experiment on intoxication!

[@blisterbill8477]

Nicotine works fine but it’s politically incorrect. So they use a chemical that is like nicotine but much more dangerous. 😅

[@lucystrider728]

What. about coconut oil, coconuts from other areas, etc? Why is it so hard to have safe food?

[@catwoman2596]

Because you don't grow your own food.

[@lalaismyalterego7444]

These are not fruit bearing trees being treated. They are decorative - like in golf courses and strip malls. Most are kept trimmed to prevent liability from falling coconuts, however the warning is because some street vendors will steal fruit from private property and sell them to unsuspecting tourist. People will jump into yards to steal mango, avocado and lychee.

[@adb888]

@@lalaismyalterego7444 I think you're a little too trusting - I'm going to guess that a very small percentage of restaurants also use coconuts from treated trees, as, believe it or not, a LOT of people are cheapskates and could care less about the health of their customers. Ever look up the results of health inspections at restaurants in your area? I'll tell you, reading the reports can be eye opening, and that's just the very small tip of a very large iceberg. Most people simply prefer to stick their heads in the sand and pretend nothing's going on with the food they put in their mouths...

[@ss-wu1vp]

Because capitalism is about profit and capital not people and their health

[@silver474]

Bugs. In one season one plant can get attacked by 6 or more types of insects.

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

This will have unforseen problems.

[@crescentcrab]

Welcome to the human race

[@mikepalmer2219]

It always does.

[@katharina...]

​@@iwatchyoutube523The video only warned about the known dangers. Any unforeseen problems by definition aren't known yet.

[@katharina...]

@@iwatchyoutube523 Indeed. Living with the awareness of the unexpected keeps us all balanced. We don't exhaust ourselves with surface level excitement because we know that things can shift on a dime, and we don't despair when things don't go our way because some unforeseen fortuity can suddenly appear. The precautionary principle is based on this reality as well. We often assume that what we know, what we can perceive makes up the totality of what's there (in relation to each situation). But the truth is, there's plenty we don't know we don't know, and we fail to anticipate or take into account the unforeseen elements. That's what you did here. You assumed that what we were warned about in this video was the totality of the problems we can expect. But it is not, far from it.

[@lizlucci]

@@katharina...perfectly said!!

[@greenbanana2332]

“Trust them?” Then laughs! 😂

[@annabodhi38]

Those beetles are freaking huge!

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Eat them😂

[@thepotatoofheaven]

​@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 as long as they dont have the pesticides

[@raincoast9010]

@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 ok Klaus...

[@annabodhi38]

@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 You first.

[@lady4191]

Tropical

[@takotako808]

Sounds about right. Everything they have tried to help the islands.... Have in turn caused harm

[@DToschi415]

It's sold as help all the while being a disgusting agenda to poison various foods to lead to massive food shortages!

[@sunnysied713]

That's just human nature. Even Polynesians have done major harm to all the islands.

[@jephreemika490]

Tell that to the papayas.

[@takotako808]

@@jephreemika490 papayas are gross and ruin the land

[@takotako808]

@@jephreemika490 papayas ruin the land ....

[@shwnshts9469]

This is why this entire venture deserves to get defunded.

[@kathie4082]

The beetles are not killing the trees. They are the cleanup crew. We had this problem in NC with pines and Bradford pear trees. The tree was already diseased before the beetles showed up. Since "aerial spraying" had become prolific, we figured that was the culprit. Also, at the same time, our blueberry trees, about 50 of them, stopped bearing.

[@charlescanton4740]

And just how many coconut trees have you in NC? Ignorance is bliss.

[@kathie4082]

@@charlescanton4740 I believe it's the same. I have coconut and lots of other palm trees here in FL. They are full of beetles. First they started turning yellow, they a few months after, a friend noticed beetles had started. He is a landscaper and agreed that disease starts, then beetles.

[@monicahatch6498]

Healthy plants fight off pests. I agree with you.

[@MacGuyver85]

Malnutrition/toxins -> weakness -> disease. Same with humans or anything else really. The solution isn't pesticides, it's figuring out whatever the trees are lacking so they become healthy again.

[@neonice]

In Germany we had a beetle problem as well, dozens of acres are being killed by spruce beetles. But as it turns out, the reason this is happening is because these spruces aren't native to the area and were planted into massive monocultures even though mixed forests are natural and not effected by the beetles! The beetles are actively bringing back a natural habitat, dead trees give a home to a range of species and give way for the forest floor to sprout with new, mixed species life!

[@ponowai1]

Don't they mark treated trees?

[@patmcfarland9880]

That makes sense!!

[@lazygardens]

Yes, BUT no one is reading the warning labels.

[@SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED]

And how do you mark the fruit. Just because the tree is marked

[@SayaddinaBeneGesserit]

Bless your heart 😂

[@KatarinaS.]

Theoretically

[@MrJackwork]

No more coconuts for you said the bureaucrats.

[@GayLord-b7p]

Facts

[@cocodojo]

At this point, eating the bugs might be safer, which probably was their master plan all along?

[@maxspears6030]

Facts 💯 💯

[@bluetinsel7099]

They want people to have to rely on others for coconuts.

[@CrocodileWhispers]

It’s going to be that way anyway if the beetles takeover and eat all the local vegetation while forcing out the local wildlife

[@bartholomew1768]

dumbest idea ever.

[@ivanrodriguez268]

no

[@Zenfluence81]

As opposed to poisonous glyphosphate/pesticides we've been ingesting for decades?

[@kainsarafan8190]

Yeah and if they did nothing and the Beatles killed all the trees you people will cry about that too..

[@tvviewer4500]

If you think this is dumb your gonna think what is in your corn and other foods is even dumber

[@Savannah-xi5pr]

No, this is dumb because you're injecting a fruit bearing tree that the native population has consumed for how freaking long with a chemicals You're telling me with all the money that this government throws away on BS that they can't come up with a better alternative than artificial chemicals to save a fruit bearing tree that people on that island used to live?!

[@8platypus]

this sounds like a terrible idea, just terrible

[@ivanrodriguez268]

nah, too many people. Coconut palms are beautiful.

[@warlockpaladin2261]

Maybe you shouldn't be poisoning the local agriculture? Seriously, how is this not a very bad thing?

[@nicholasmaude6906]

They aren't poisoning the trees they're basically inoculating them to stop these introduced beetles from snacking on them.

[@warlockpaladin2261]

@@nicholasmaude6906 All of the trees?

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@warlockpaladin2261 Probably as many as logistically feasible.

[@lalaismyalterego7444]

These are not fruit bearing trees being treated. They are decorative - like in golf courses and strip malls. Most are kept trimmed to prevent liability from falling coconuts, however the warning is because some street vendors will steal fruit from private property and sell them to unsuspecting tourist.

[@warlockpaladin2261]

@@lalaismyalterego7444 That sounds even worse.

[@tino6117]

Another poisoned food in the US. The weather

[@croiners4166]

Most food in the USA is poison!❤

[@positivelyhappy.9876]

What's the point of keeping the tree alive if you can't eat the coconut.

[@wildernessfarming7726]

You can still sell poisoned coconuts?

[@davidingham4542]

same reason they make plastic leis

[@robert-jason-king]

They should just use nicotine as an insecticide, and I can stop buying lozenges

[@paulhartmann6473]

Maybe it's all the insectide which is used everywhere on the island. It also runs into the ocean and killing everything when it rains. It literally says it by the drains.

[@bluetinsel7099]

If it goes through the entire tree it’s also going to the roots in the ground and to the soil and water table and in the ocean etc.

[@lornajax3750]

Don't inject the trees

[@dentalnovember]

So what do you propose to protect the trees?

[@LexHaze]

@@dentalnovemberThey are trees , mother nature's never needed injections from MAN.

[@sdilluminatigrandfounder1813]

@@LexHaze So you want the trees to die from the invasive beetle. Mother Nature doesn't like you.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

@@LexHaze Ever heard of pests? Ever heard of famines? Every single time Mother Nature bestowed a pest over crops, famine and ruin followed. The Potato Famine. The Phylloxera in France. The Panama disease of the banana plant. You seriously have no idea how important pesticides are for modern industrialized agriculture - that's why you don't see the proverbial apple worms anymore, and why organic produce is so rare and expensive. The polemic between pesticide use and organic farmers is raging. Welcome to the subject.

[@LexHaze]

@@MariaMartinez-researcher The only Pests are Humankind, Leave the Trees alone.

[@homemade6950]

Ruining more of the food supplies

[@Rockol674]

🎯👍

[@blightedgrounds]

WTF has the world come to

[@mimivege3245]

They don't wantvus having food

[@blightedgrounds]

@@mimivege3245 they don't want us growing our own food or storing our own fresh water, either.

[@sweetwater2128]

Last time I went to Hawaii there was a report of someone pouring poison in the river to collect prawns and sell them road-side to tourists. It ain't all peace and rainbows over there

[@72marshflower15]

The U.S. isn’t the world.. Stop saying that.

[@user-et5qs2en4c]

💩❗️

[@spiritfan1969]

Great , I just bought a bag of Mounds

[@deborahwhit118]

😂

[@edie4321]

Boycott Mars. They are a real problem in this world. Now that you mention it. They probably did it with intention.

[@kamalakrsna]

I dont kno what 2 do about the beetle problem - but i deffinately see neo-nickatinoids as very negative considering the future.

[@kathie4082]

Actually, Nicotine is not a poison. Apparently this stuff has been chemically altered and now it is a poison. You can look up nicotine and see that it is not poisonous. Our cells have nicotine receptors. Every time we eat nightshade vegetables, we ingest it. It's good for us. Dr. Bryan Ardis discovered how it cures.

[@DeeSmith001]

That's what's killing honey bees and wild bees, but thankfully there's populations thriving where there's no nicotine based spraying.

[@ui888iu]

Im sure its in commercial coconut groves everywhere

[@dentalnovember]

Yes it is commonly used for food crops.

[@ZombieSnax42069]

Probably who the insecticide was produced for in the first place.

[@KuusFaddah_44]

We see what you really doing 💯

[@payneSanteeOutLaw]

Look into all your food 😂✌🏼

[@timobatana6705]

What about all the creatures and animals that eat coconuts? This is going to destroy some ecosystems

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

or maybe just stop using chemicals... and either learn to live with the insects or find another way to deal with a beetle, that won't kill other creatures higher in the food chain!!!

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

I grew up in tge Carribbean, never have I heard of coconut trees being injected,...My dads land have coconut trees, never would i consider this rubbish.

[@franklindmurphy]

How this is even implemented is astonishing. 🤦‍♂️

[@ambercrawford7114]

So you need to find a different way. Whole point of the coconut is to be eaten.

[@drcarriemills8772]

Diatomaceous earth

[@traceyross7972]

Exactly 👍 That would be too clean for the destruction teams 💸☠️

[@RedRavenNine]

@@traceyross7972 Not profitable enough for the politicians family member who gets the contract to do this.

[@wisnoskij]

I doubt that works on beetles the size of a small dog.

[@traceyross7972]

@@wisnoskij Than I guess you haven’t done your research 🧐

[@user-sf7lv4jm4c]

That’s great, destroying the tree to save it. Freaking amazing. You going to hang a sign on the tree for the rest of its life?

[@j.w.r3730]

What about the canned coconut milk. What about say,restaraunts where they use a bunch of it.

[@xsnjkwfeny-wr9qr]

assume that lack of oversight and mass industrial scale coconut products are not the best... common sense when profit and human nature is involved

[@mercedesvelasquez8781]

​@@xsnjkwfeny-wr9qrget your coconut from else where that grow coconut outside of Hawaii

[@deborahwhit118]

Do not comply

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

Report suggests that the chemical is not used by coconut farmers, but does not say what inspections are done. Guess it's true what they say, know your farmer, know your food.

[@ZombieSnax42069]

I'm suspicious that that's who was using it in the first place. If not , and it works. I'd place money on the fact that they will.

[@Qeverything411]

Sounds like the legal cannabis industry

[@edie4321]

Exactly, same creatures are always pushing their poisons.

[@allywolf9182]

Poisoning everything

[@YlehsaMichelle]

Hawaiians have been dealing with this for years with no problems and all of sudden the trees need to be injected with chemicals. I feel bad for the natives of Hawaii.

[@thecreaturescorner539]

Well said

[@JohnSmith-nj4zq]

Some countries would eat the beetle larvae. It's said to be delicious and full of nutrients.

[@poll2dock]

Thanks for the idea. Bill Gates 😂😂😂

[@joedellinger9437]

I visited the big island in 2018 for the first time since the early 1990’s… coqui frogs EVERYWHERE! Totally changed the night time acoustic soundscape. So when did these beetles get introduced? Hawaii needs to be more aggressive about catching these introductions BEFORE they spread. If you go to Australia or NZ they check you over much more carefully and mist insecticide over everything.

[@herelieskittythomas3726]

You can thank the Military, they don't wait for customs to allow their massive shipments, they are above the law.

[@iashakezula]

What! Why don’t they use an alternative more natural solution and not the easy way 😒 . I grew up with coconut trees in the front yard, my mother use to smoke them from burning leaves from our other fruit trees. Don’t remember my Mom complaining about the beetles. We did that to all our fruit trees from Jackfruit, guava, star apple, guyabano.

[@bluetinsel7099]

They don’t make money on healthy people, so they create sick ones by what the people use daily and they make money on them coming and going.

[@phdpursuinghigherdimensions]

You have to trust them…and then he chuckles.

[@jasonc3589]

If the U.S. could stop turning Hawaii into another cesspool that'd be great 👍

[@AwesomeAlenFang]

Good to know. Thanks for reporting

[@MichelleCarithersAuthor]

These trees are dying which is why the beetles are drawn to them. These trees are dying due to our climate destruction and now with our interference with chemicals, these trees will be gone in 10 years

[@creaturedomes9364]

Climate destruction? 🙄

[@lizlucci]

@@creaturedomes9364😂👍🏼👍🏼

[@XiAdu2]

Damn! There goes my coconut milk. 🙆🏾‍♀️ Can’t have nothing! 😒

[@Stardusted1]

We don’t want sprayed fruit. Oh, let’s put it inside then! 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@kismypencek6185]

Terrifying on many angles

[@sarahbaartmansrevenge]

uhhhh … why wasn’t this obvious and foreseeable??? 😑😵‍💫🥥

[@zairen0602]

Any other way or solutions other than injecting chemicals on the tree? But what the heck all of our foods have already chemical so what’s the difference. Saying when time comes time comes so enjoy life.

[@Rockol674]

👍

[@BladeGorilla]

What about honey from the flowers?

[@herelieskittythomas3726]

Those bees are dead.

[@frankwenos641]

Very stupid idea 💡

[@REDOS1988]

Destroying the street side vendors who used to be able to make a yummy cocktail/dish from any coconut tree in the area. All you had to do was know how to climb the tree and get the required number of coconuts needed for the day. Now, they are poisoned and not marked as being treated. I pray the original recipes are able to survive this extinction of island cooking. ❤

[@Rock-sg2go]

Why didn’t they just spray the base of the trees instead of injection????

[@big_rockstar]

Only buy your coconuts from the government and pay your taxes.

[@22lrjayden81]

Damn our government for ruining our food

[@user-tv3zh7es3b]

First they tried to burn it all down, and now they are poisoning the island. They are persistent. Crazy how they act like they are the residents a favor. And we all KNOW that human health is NOT their main concern 😂😂😂😂 i can't believe he said that out loud.

[@Nikonian1001]

If it can kill a living thing, IT CAN KILL HUMANS

[@tabanderson5148]

What do the Hawaiian people think? I mean, it's THEIR trees, their lives and their livelihood!! I'm not saying spokesman "for" Hawaii...we know how THAT goes.. But what do residents of Hawaii say?

[@Christdeliverme]

These are brilliant plans by officials. Up next, reducing damage from hurricans by bulldozing houses into the ocean.

[@user-jy2vd2em6v]

Trust them they say!!! Ssssuuuurrrreeeee

[@dustinlackey4250]

This is not about the beetles

[@jamesdolan9702]

Stupid idea.

[@sdilluminatigrandfounder1813]

Do you have a better one?

[@kathb1683]

Isn’t there Any natural compounds like peppermint oil or something that repels them?

[@drcarriemills8772]

Diatomaceous earth

[@Nirrrina]

​@@drcarriemills8772My cousin used de against roaches. They were covered & it didn't even slow them down at all. But it can work in other instances. I just assumed the ones who survived bred heartier bugs against it. But it could have been something else too.

[@herelieskittythomas3726]

​@@Nirrrinadon't use food grade.

[@ES11777]

Lavender oil works good too

[@iwatchyoutube523]

I hear snake oil works pretty well too.

[@ZombieSnax42069]

Why aren't they marking trees that have been treated ? A few holes at the base aren't enough and can easily be missed.

[@mariahdavidson1315]

Get me a few jars and a bug net, I'm down to catch a few Pokemon!

[@imwastedenough]

Are you wearing shorts because they're comfy and easy to wear?

[@bluetinsel7099]

They could have bug netted the trees.

[@chrisbouvey]

Best bet on the invention of pheromone spray with some sap like adhesive to prolong spray life.

[@stonew1927]

No mention as to how to determine which coconut trees have been injected. People harvesting the coconuts may not even be aware that the trees they are picking from have been injected with pesticide, unless they've been marked, and then the person would need to understand what the mark means. I can see how if someone is clueless about the program to control the beetle that they could easily unknowingly harves poisoned coconuts. And then, how are the companies that make products from coconuts able to distinguish if the coconuts they are getting are truly kosher or not?

[@cabilgibbs]

"We dont diagnose" ???????? But you CAUSE IT!!!!

[@benB33388]

The desire to eliminate a species only backfires. Karma is real.

[@johnhall8364]

Funny, was talking to my neighbor on the NS about this last winter. How we obviously shouldn’t be buying local coconuts anymore since so many trees are now injected against the beetle. Had ours done in March.

[@hynstyle71]

Caught two beetles over a month ago and they are still living in the same bottle I put them in. Even without any food they are still living. These beetles are very resilient. Coconut trees aren't the only palms they destroy. Royal palms and fan palms get hit hard as well.

[@walterhorn5567]

Why is the solution always more and more chemicals and pesticides?

[@bluetinsel7099]

It’s about the money.

[@sammirodger440]

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[@gemmakaila541]

Please how do I go about it, am still a newbie on investment trading and how can I make profit?

[@enumachristopher]

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[@m_saint_001]

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[@rachel01197]

I'm a long term investor, I withdrew my profits of over £61,000 during the covid-19 pandemic.

[@marlonnorrece__1]

After I raised up to $225k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God shalom..

[@kinzieconrad105]

This is o ly to stop folks from eating free coconuts! This has nothing to do with Beatles!

[@welder9163]

Let's start thumbs down the big corporates that lie all the time!! Thumbs down

[@LOADING...o.o.o]

Why can’t American sit still and let the Mother Nature let her do her job? GMO, all chemicals everywhere including in milk, shampoo, toothpaste, vitamins. Literally on everything and everywhere.

[@fhome2c]

Trust the Experts🕵️‍♂️ Although we don't know the long term repercussion that it may cause

[@dentalnovember]

Yes, actually there are long term food safety studies with this chemical and there are some side effects with repeated heavy exposure to those who handle imidacloprid. Mostly thyroid and endocrine disruptions. The effects from food crops are unremarkable. Dogs have been given this chemical as a flea and tick treatment for some time.

[@deborahwhit118]

Trust the science 😳

[@NextNate03]

What is the point of saving the trees if you can't eat the coconuts afterwards?

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Not even waiting until they get into production line before adding poison, nice.

[@robertvazquez2964]

Even coconuts have gone extremely coconuts

[@bluetinsel7099]

Coconuts are good for memory so they want to take the resources for money, it’s the root of all evil.

[@evonne315]

Guys advise is the same as for buying street drugs: "Know your supplier". That doesn't work buying street drugs either.

[@SquanchGod]

Trust the soince 😂 meanwhile ,so we made all the trees toxic for life

[@Magnus_The_Dog]

If anyone is an expert in this can you explain the reason for this. Are the beetles an invasive species.

[@dentalnovember]

They are coming across the southern border and then flown to cities all around the country.

[@Magnus_The_Dog]

@@dentalnovember they are coming through the ocean?

[@TheGanjologist]

I believe he means they travel by plane by, "they are flown here". Say, in produce. ​@@Magnus_The_Dog

[@sdilluminatigrandfounder1813]

@@dentalnovember Because there are no airlines below the border. 🙄

[@celestejohnson9227]

@@Magnus_The_Dogmy thought is they were brought in from the military base.

[@thecreaturescorner539]

I’m glad everyone in the comments is at the same consensus

[@LuvableAF]

So essentially the coconuts will make you a smoker…. 🚬 🥥 🌴

[@lowfrequencyfilms]

This is stupid

[@lissakaye610]

These are also toxic to bees….

[@kealahau6727]

That s a way to suppress free food...

[@frankorobinson1540]

They really have no idea 😂 😂 😂 this could give you cancer for all they know

[@realchrisma]

I have young coconut trees that are doing well. I think my chickens are eating up any grubs they can get their beaks on.

[@user-ln8hp4vt5z]

Destroying Paradise they Robbed the Hawaiians 🌺 from.

[@lindasutton4014]

Visibly mark the injected trees.

[@glennjones7605]

This must have been Bill Gates idea.