My goodness. Could this apply retroactively to RR corn or beans? I'll bet it doesn't hold up.
Here's what we've done; don't see anything overturning it on da Goog.
June 15, 2004 Mendocino County Bans Genetically Modified Organisms
by Kristy Charles
Some hope it will save agriculture as they know it. Others see it as uncertain and risky, and a certain number simply shrug their shoulders at the issue. But in Mendocino County, voters have decided to act now.
On March 2, residents of this rural California county chose to pass the nation's first complete ban on cultivating, propagating, raising or growing any type of genetically modified organism (GMO). Opinions within the county are divided: on one hand, genetic engineering has the potential to eliminate many of the wine industry's pests and diseases, and on the other, its effects on humans and the environment are largely unknown.
Els Cooperrider, owner of the organic Ukiah Brewery and one of the individuals who formed the measure, said that in the end the ban would benefit the county.
"We're trying to protect the county's economy, environment and health of its people," Cooperrider, a former research scientist, said. "This is brand new technology and it's not tested and not required to be tested, and so the consequences are unknown. We'd like to take a cautionary measure until we see that GMOs are in fact safe."
The ordinance, known as Measure H, includes every living organism except bacteria, which naturally exchange segments of DNA. The county agricultural commissioner enforces it and any person found growing a GMO is subject to confiscation and destruction of the organism and a fine. The amount of the fine is still under discussion...
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