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(MON/DD/SYT/DOW)—Court overturns Hawaii’s ban on testing of GM crops:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-judge-overturns-gmo-crop-curbs-in-hawaii-1409009260

A federal judge ruled against a new law in Hawaii curbing genetically modified crops… Units of DuPont Co., Syngenta AG, Dow Chemical Co. and BASF won a judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, blocking an ordinance adopted last November by the island of Kauai, according to a court order dated Aug. 23 and filed Monday.

..The companies, which make pesticides and seeds genetically engineered to withstand them, sued in January to overturn Kauai County's law, which would have required disclosure of some pesticide use and genetically modified crop cultivation, and restricted some crop-growing and pesticide use near schools and nursing homes. Seed company officials argued that the law exceeded the island's authority and would have placed "burdensome and baseless restrictions" on farming businesses… Together, the companies lease more than 11,000 acres for test farms and research facilities on Kauai, the fourth-largest Hawaiian island.