Judge Blocks Maui County from Banning GM Crops
November 19, 2014| |
A federal judge said that the Maui County may not implement the law banning the cultivation of GM crops until he considers the arguments in a lawsuit against the measure. Both sides have agreed to postpone the implementation of the law, U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren said in his ruling.
The lawsuit against the measure was filed by Monsanto Co. and a unit of Dow Chemical Co. According to them, the banning would affect the economy and their businesses. They said that the court has already ruled in another case involving a Kauai law regulating GM crops that the state, and not the county, has jurisdiction over the issue.
Read more at http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Judge-blocks-Maui-County-from-implementing-GMO-law-5894273.php.
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