What a load of hooey from John Morris, as Tommy Kapai said in his letter ‘Are we the Spray of Plenty?' (The Weekend Sun, March 7), ‘less hui more dooey' is required. As an attendee and submitter to the 2006 ERMA Report, my reading of the findings was the health issues and concerns were noted but the economic benefits far outweighed any concerns.

I was the initial chairperson of the Agrichemical Toxic advisory Group and hi-cane was never on the agenda. I had to resign from the committee because I contracted a form a cancer known to have agrichemicals as one of its causes. My property has suffered from spray drift every year, new chemicals and equipment has made no difference.

Copper-based sprays being applied so enthusiastically by kiwifruit growers will ultimately in generations to come be found to be as reprehensible as hi-cane.

M Parker, Pahoia.