Biotech company Mera Pharmaceutical in Kailua-Kona, Hawai received a first permit to produce in open containers seven novel strains of "biopharmaceutical" algae genetically modified to produce experimental drugs. Hawaian citizens have filed a law suit against it and warn the algae could be released into the islands waters.</p><p><a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/news/display.html?ID=1035">Earthjustice: Newsroom</a>