date:Aug 26, 2014
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The law was to take effect Aug. 16, but enactment was delayed pending a court decision after the seed and chemical companies filed suit in January. It is one of a growing number of local and state efforts across the United States to limit the expansion of GMO crops and the chemicals used on them.
Gary Hooser, the Kauai County councilman who introduced the law, said he and others would appeal Monday's ruling. There was no immediate comment from Syngenta, Dow, DuPont or BASF.
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