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The anti-GMO kooks in Hawaii have lost out again...
Science wins again...
Hawaii Counties Can’t Regulate GMOs and Pesticides According to New Ruling
A federal judge has ruled that three Hawaii counties can’t enact their own bans or regulations on genetically modified crops and pesticides, handing a victory to the major agriculture companies that fought the regulations.
Circuit Judge Consuelo M. Callahan on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision that said Hawaii law prohibits counties from regulating agricultural matters.
http://fortune.com/2016/11/19/hawaii-gmo-pesticide-regulation/
BTW, here's the chief instigator in these...
http://americanloons.blogspot.ca/2015/01/1256-margaret-wille.html