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The Monsanto company pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally using and storing agricultural chemicals in Hawaiʻi, and will pay $12 million in fines. Monsanto was charged with 30 environmental crimes after allowing workers to go into corn fields on Oʻahu in 2020 after a product named Forfeit 280 was sprayed.
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Agrochemicals company Monsanto on Thursday pleaded guilty to spraying a banned pesticide on research crops on Maui in 2014 and agreed to pay millions,…
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HPR-Produced Talk ShowsChemical exposure without consent. That's the story you'll hear from Lee Johnson, the man who took on Monsanto to win nearly $300 million for his…
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The Federal District Court in Hawai’i struck down Kaua’i and Hawai’i County ordinances that sought to restrict cultivation of genetically engineered…
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The Federal District Court in Hawai’i will decide if the Maui County ballot initiative on Genetically Engineered Crops is legal. In his ongoing series,…
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A federal judge is scheduled to rule as early as Friday on the legality of a Maui County ballot initiative that calls for a moratorium on Genetically…
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It's been a week since the controversial initiative calling for a moratorium on the cultivation of all genetically engineered crops in Maui County managed…
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The five major biotech companies that dominate global seed production moved into Hawai’i after sugar and pineapple. Since our climate allows three crop…
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This week, HPR is focusing on issues around genetically engineered organisms, and today, HPR’sNoeTanigawa takes a look at the controversy around their…
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Investigators in Oregon are still trying to determine how genetically modified wheat wound up in a farmer’s field. The incident’s already having an impact…