If a majority of voters in either California or Washington state had supported labeling foods containing genetically modified ingredients, agribusinesses would likely have responded with a federal lawsuit against one or the other state. Now that lawsuit – or much of it – is coming together in the U.S. District
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Mayor of Kauai Vetoes Bill to Limit Pesticide Testing
The mayor of the Hawaiian island of Kauai has vetoed a bill that would have placed restrictions on pesticides used by biotech companies on the island for testing purposes. The bill would have placed buffer zones for pesticide testing around schools, hospitals and residential areas, as well as required the…
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Kauai Bill Limits Pesticides Used by Biotech Companies
Thanks to a year-round growing season, the Hawaiian island of Kauai is a popular place for biotech companies to work on developing genetically modified (GM) crops. At least some of those crops, however, are grown to test the effectiveness of their pesticide-resistant genes — a fact that has led to…
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