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In reply to the discussion: Agrochemical companies sue to block anti-GMO law in Hawaii [View all]proverbialwisdom
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http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20140111_3_companies_sue_to_block_Kauais_new_law_on_GMOs_pesticides.html?id=239768391
3 companies sue to block Kauai's new law on GMOs, pesticides
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 12:42 p.m. HST, Jan 11, 2014
LAST UPDATED: 12:38 a.m. HST, Jan 12, 2014
Syngenta, Pioneer Hi-Bred and Agrigenetics -- an affiliate of Dow -- have sued to block Kauai County from implementing its new genetically modified organism and pesticide regulation law.
The law, which takes effect in August, imposes greater disclosure requirements on restricted use pesticides and creates buffer zones for crops near schools, homes, and hospitals.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, contends that the law irrationally prohibits the biotechnology companies from growing any crops GMO or not in arbitrarily drawn buffer zones, and restricts the companies' pesticide use within the buffer zones.
The disclosure requirements, the lawsuit argues, expose the companies to risks of "corporate espionage, vandalism and environmental terrorism."
Proponents of the new law decried the lawsuit as "shameful."
"Kauai's ordinance is a sound and well-crafted law. The industry's challenge is without merit, and we will vigorously defend it," said George Kimbrell, senior attorney with the Center for Food Safety.
Earthjustice attorney Paul Achitoff said, "The chemical industry has been using bullying and misinformation all along to try to derail this law. They consider their impacts on the health of Kauai's residents as collateral damage."
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3 companies sue to block Kauai's new law on GMOs, pesticides
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 12:42 p.m. HST, Jan 11, 2014
LAST UPDATED: 12:38 a.m. HST, Jan 12, 2014
Syngenta, Pioneer Hi-Bred and Agrigenetics -- an affiliate of Dow -- have sued to block Kauai County from implementing its new genetically modified organism and pesticide regulation law.
The law, which takes effect in August, imposes greater disclosure requirements on restricted use pesticides and creates buffer zones for crops near schools, homes, and hospitals.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, contends that the law irrationally prohibits the biotechnology companies from growing any crops GMO or not in arbitrarily drawn buffer zones, and restricts the companies' pesticide use within the buffer zones.
The disclosure requirements, the lawsuit argues, expose the companies to risks of "corporate espionage, vandalism and environmental terrorism."
Proponents of the new law decried the lawsuit as "shameful."
"Kauai's ordinance is a sound and well-crafted law. The industry's challenge is without merit, and we will vigorously defend it," said George Kimbrell, senior attorney with the Center for Food Safety.
Earthjustice attorney Paul Achitoff said, "The chemical industry has been using bullying and misinformation all along to try to derail this law. They consider their impacts on the health of Kauai's residents as collateral damage."
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Link from: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_29059.cfm
Related: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024286798
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A medical research scientist disagrees that concerns about GMOs are just "woo"
JohnyCanuck
Jan 2014
#12
After seeing the harm we're doing to our food supply, bees, soils, water table and ourselves
ffr
Jan 2014
#11