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2009-06-30 |

Maui County Council (Hawai’i, USA) takes up a ban on GMO taro

Maui County may become the second county in the state to ban the genetic engineering of taro, the Polynesian staple that is considered sacred by many Native Hawaiians. County Council Member Bill Medeiros, who is Native Hawaiian and holds the rural Hana residency seat, introduced his bill Thursday for discussion that prohibited ”any person from testing, propagating, cultivating, raising, planting, growing, introducing or releasing genetically engineered” taro in Maui County.

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2009-06-30 |

Maui County Council (Hawai’i, USA) takes up a ban on GMO taro

Maui County may become the second county in the state to ban the genetic engineering of taro, the Polynesian staple that is considered sacred by many Native Hawaiians. County Council Member Bill Medeiros, who is Native Hawaiian and holds the rural Hana residency seat, introduced his bill Thursday for discussion that prohibited ”any person from testing, propagating, cultivating, raising, planting, growing, introducing or releasing genetically engineered” taro in Maui County.

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