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Hawaii's Kauai Island moves to curb gene-altered crops, pesticide testing

2013-10-16 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Lawmakers on the tropical island of Kauai, Hawaii, on Wednesday approved a hotly contested measure aimed at reining in widespread pesticide use by companies testing new genetically modified crops on the island. The Kauai County Council passed the bill by a vote of six to one after months of protests by islanders and mainland U.S. groups who wanted to see a range of broad controls on the global agrichemical companies that have found the island's tropical climate ideal for year-round testing of new...

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