Citizens Sue for Environmental Review of Biopharm Algae in Hawai'i
U.S. Newswire, August, 2005
KAILUA-KONA, Hawai'i, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, citizen groups 'Ohana Pale Ke Ao, Kohanaiki 'Ohana, GMO Free Hawai'i, and Sierra Club, Hawai'i Chapter, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the State of Hawai'i, against the Board of Agriculture, State of Hawai'i, challenging the approval of a permit to allow the production of potentially dangerous genetically modified microorganisms on the Big Island.
The permit allows biotech company Mera Pharmaceutical to import and produce in a state facility in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i Island seven novel strains of "biopharmaceutical" algae genetically modified to produce unapproved experimental drugs. The suit seeks to compel the BOA to comply with the Hawai'i Environmental Policy Act by reviewing the...
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