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Senate reconsiders, will hear GMO bill

By Derrick DePledge

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 20, 2013

~~<p>State senators, buckling to public pressure, agreed Tuesday to hold a hearing on a bill that would require the labeling of genetically modified produce imported to Hawaii.</p>
<p>Senators had said they would not hear the bill, which passed the state House earlier this month, but reversed themselves after demands from environmental and anti-GMO activists.</p>
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State senators, buckling to public pressure, agreed Tuesday to hold a hearing on a bill that would require the labeling of genetically modified produce imported to Hawaii.

Senators had said they would not hear the bill, which passed the state House earlier this month, but reversed themselves after demands from environmental and anti-GMO activists. Login for more...



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