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The Guardian reports birth defect problems in Hawai’i
From: Pesticides in paradise: Hawaii’s spike in birth defects puts focus on GM crops Pediatrician Carla Nelson remembers catching sight of the unusually pale newborn, then hearing an abnormal heartbeat…
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Uphold Our Vote
From the Shaka Movement: Yet Again! Justice Delayed is Justice Denied! The Tuesday hearing on Oahu is cancelled. Yes really. We will instead meet in front…
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Judge Kurran Strikes Down Big Island GMO Ban
Note: This is the same judge who killed the Kaua’i pesticide ordinance. Press Release from the Center for Food Safety: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3628/chemical-corporations-undermine-the-will-of-the-people-of-hawaii-county# Chemical Corporations…
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$25 Million GMO and Pesticide Safety Study Launched in London
The World’s Largest Study on GMO and Pesticide Safety was launched by Factor GMO in London, UK on Tuesday. The…
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GMO Inititative passes – Monsanto/Dow threaten to sue
The citizens of Maui county were able to pass the GMO Initiative despite $7.9 million dollars spent to defeat it by Monsanto and Dow. Monsanto and Dow immediately…
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Clarification on GMO Initiative
There is some misinformation going around about what exactly the GMO Initiative says. Here is the law from the Maui County website. A BILL PLACING A MORATORIUM ON THE…
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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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GMO Moritorium Initiative March
Sunday March 30th NoonMeet at War Memorial for marchEnd at the Na Kai ‘Ewalu Hale at the harbor (Ho’aloha Park across from Maui Mall)Rally starts at…
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