Hawaii's Kauai Island moves to curb gene-altered crops, pesticide testing
date:Oct 17, 2013
crops. In early September, more than 3,000 islanders took to the streets of Lihue with signs and banners, and chanting Pass the Bill.

More than 80 people lined up to offer testimony to the council meeting, which started on Tuesday morning but lasted until 3:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday. Only four people testified against the bill, the rest asked for its passage.

Early versions of the measure introduced in June prohibited open-air testing of experimental pesticides and genetically modified
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