Federal Judge Invalidates Kauai’s Anti-GMO Law

While saying that residents worried about pesticide exposure had valid concerns and that Federal law did not pre-empt the Kaua’i GMO-Pesticide ordinance, the judge indicated that section 165-3…

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Monsanto Ordered to Pay $93 Million to Small Town for Poisoning Citizens

From Nation of Change The West Virginia State Supreme Court finalized a big blow to the biotech giant Monsanto this month, finishing a settlement causing Monsanto to pay $93 million…

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Elle Cochran Proposes Pesticide Disclosure Bill

Elle Cochran has proposed to the Maui County Council a bill similar to the Kaua’i pesticide disclosure bill that will require disclosure of what pesticides are being applied, notice…

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Mayor Signs MOU with Monsanto

See the pdf. County of Maui, Hawaii Memorandum of Understanding between Monsanto Company and The Mayor’s Office County of Maui I, PARTIES The parties to this Memorandum…

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Hawaii Only State Not Regulating Pesticides in Water

From Sophie Crocker in Civil Beat Hawaii is the only state that isn’t complying with new federal regulations that increase oversight of pesticides that are sprayed in…

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