Pesticides in paradise: Hawaii's spike in birth defects puts focus on GM crops
Local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three
years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist
pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth
defects and illnesses
After four separate attempts to rein in the companies failed, an
estimated 10,000 people marched through Honolulu’s Waikiki tourist
district.
Photograph: Christopher Pala for the Guardian
