Environmental

Federal Court Rules that State Law Preempts Kaua‘i’s Pesticide & GE Crop Disclosure Law

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HAWAII–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2014.  United States Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren today ruled that Kaua‘i County Ordinance 960 is preempted by state law and therefore is unenforceable.

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The law received widespread support on the Island, and was designed to protect local residents and Kaua‘i’s environment from the year-round spraying of large quantities of restricted use pesticides by multinational chemical companies after state agencies failed to provide any meaningful…

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