US Person told you about the group of Hawaiian activists that were standing up to giant chemical company, Monsanto, demanding a ban on genetically modified seed {19.11.14, Monsanto's Evil Seed} A handful of activists from Waimea, Kauai actually won against the corporate giant in court. Plaintiffs were awarded $500,000 in damages caused by contaminated dust from DuPont-Pioneer seed operation. Seed corporations have made the "Garden Isle" the epicenter of global genetically modified seed testing. Even US could grow gorgeous plants organically in the island's rich volcanic soil and continuous growing season. The dust, colored red from chemical contamination, washed over the low-income community for years before the lawsuit was filed. The award was low because the judge directed attorneys to focus only on property damage, not health affects. According to court documents the pesticides sprayed in Kauai by DuPont have been linked to cancer, birth defects, liver disease and disruption of hte endocrine, immune and nervous systems.
The residents of Waimea are exposed six to eight times the number of pesticides used in the mainland US and they are applied 15 times more frequently on the seed test crops. DuPont-Pioneer and other chemical companies like Monsanto and Syngenta grow seed crops year round. When Kauai residents got a law passed in 2013 to restrict the use of hazardous pesticides near communities, the multi-nationals promptly sued the County of Kauai to prevent enforcement. Some community leaders traveled to Syngenta's annual shareholders' meeting in Switzerland. They were not welcomed by the Philistines, but they got their message across to shareholders and connected with allies at the meeting.