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Pi Owen.
Murashige, Laura
From: fattah day [fattanday @msn.com]
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 6:53 AM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
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Subject: Support GMO Labeling, HSAC 480
RE: Support GMO Labeling, HSAC Communication 480
I am strongly in favor of required labeling of GMO products. I want to know where my food is coming from and
how it has been produced. I am very concerned about the information I have heard about the dangers of GMO
foods and the lack of long tern scientific studies proving their safety.
I would prefer there were no GMO foods here. At the very least, I want to know what products are GMO so I
can avoid eating them.
One of the concerns I have is Horizontal gene transfer. This is the transfer of DNA between two organisms; for
example, eating GMO corn and the herbicide resistant engineered genes transferring to humans through saliva
and the gut.
By transferring this DNA, there is a high probability that the engineered aspects of resistance will be transferred
to the host, resulting in unintended consequences, such as resistance to antibiotics.
Signed.... Dale Day
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