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GMO Labeling Initiative Defeated in Washington State

HeadlineNov 06, 2013

Election Day also saw votes on a number of contested ballot measures. In Washington state, voters rejected an initiative that would have required the labeling of genetically modified foods. Major corporations and other opponents of GMO labeling spent more than $20 million to defeat the measure.

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