Kauai Residents Sue GMO Company Over Pesticide Dust

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One of Hawaii’s largest corn seed manufacturers has been slapped with a lawsuit brought on behalf of 150 Kauai residents, The Garden Island reports

The lawsuit alleges that pesticides and pesticide dust from Pioneer HI-Bred International’s farming operations near Waimea have blown into residents’ homes on an almost daily basis for more than 10 years. 

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