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Monsanto and Dow raise $8 million to strip away Hawaiian locals' right to ban destructive GMO farming
2014-11-02 21:09:50| Biotech - Topix.net
A pair of agri-giants has raised millions of dollars in a bid to prevent Hawaiian farmers and residents from eliminating the growth of genetically modified crops in the state. According to a local news website, Honolulu Civil Beat , Monsanto and Dow -- two of the world's largest biotech and agricultural conglomerates, have amassed an $8 million war chest to beat back a Maui County voter initiative that would ban temporarily all GMO farming, according to documents filed with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission.
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