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2009-07-09 | permalink
Maui County Council (Hawai’i, USA) reviews GE taro moratorium bill
In Hawai’i, the State Legislature attempted to pass the ”Taro Security Bill,” which faltered in the state House of Representatives this year. However, in November 2008, the Hawai’i County Council passed a measure banning genetically modified (GM) taro on the Big Island, and is now encouraging Maui County to follow its lead. The bill introduced by Councilmember Bill Medeiros would prohibit ”genetically engineered and recombinant DNA taro” and make it unlawful for ”any person to test, propagate, cultivate, raise, plant, grow, introduce, or release genetically engineered or recombinant DNA kalo” in Maui County.
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2009-07-09 | permalink
Maui County Council (Hawai’i, USA) reviews GE taro moratorium bill
In Hawai’i, the State Legislature attempted to pass the ”Taro Security Bill,” which faltered in the state House of Representatives this year. However, in November 2008, the Hawai’i County Council passed a measure banning genetically modified (GM) taro on the Big Island, and is now encouraging Maui County to follow its lead. The bill introduced by Councilmember Bill Medeiros would prohibit ”genetically engineered and recombinant DNA taro” and make it unlawful for ”any person to test, propagate, cultivate, raise, plant, grow, introduce, or release genetically engineered or recombinant DNA kalo” in Maui County.
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