據美國食品安全新聞網消息，夏威夷群島中的考艾島是美國生物技術公司熱衷從事轉基因作物試驗的島嶼，部分作物被用來測試抗農藥基因，然而民眾擔心生物技術公司噴灑的農藥會對學校、醫院、水源地與居住區產生影響，因此民眾對轉基因試驗發起了抵制活動。近日考艾島地方政府通過一項法令，要求生物技術公司向外界公布所使用的的化學品名單。
部分原文報道如下：
Thanks to a year-round growing season, the Hawaiian island of Kauai is a popular place for biotech companies to work on developing genetically modified （GM） crops.
At least some of those crops, however, are grown to test the effectiveness of their pesticide-resistant genes - a fact that has led to numerous protests by islanders in recent months.
原文鏈接：<http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/10/kauai-bill-limits-pesticides-used-by-biotech-companies/>
日期：2013-10-21
