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Anti-GMO Activists Win Victory On Hawaiian Island

biobricks writes "New York Times reports on how the county council on the Big Island of Hawaii banned GMOs. 'Urged on by Margaret Wille, the ban’s sponsor, who spoke passionately of the need to “act before it’s too late,” the Council declined to form a task force to look into such questions before its November vote. But Mr. Ilagan, 27, sought answers on his own. In the process, he found himself, like so many public and business leaders worldwide, wrestling with a subject in which popular beliefs often do not reflect scientific evidence. At stake is how to grow healthful food most efficiently, at a time when a warming world and a growing population make that goal all the more urgent.'"

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  1. Re:More accurate headline by ganjadude · · Score: 4, Funny

    exactly, I keep being told that my weed today is exponentially more potent than in the past.

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  2. Re:victory against science by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Funny

    People of ALL political beliefs here in the UK don't want GMO crops

    Are you saying that all people in the UK are pseudoscience believers? That's not very nice to say.

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