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Murashige, Laura Caw 4�G P1 CAUNm.
From: J &T Hedgecock[flowergitha @yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 6:20 PM
To: counciltestimony @ co.hawaii.hi.us
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Subject: Support GMO Labeling
Dear Lawmakers,
We am strongly in favor of required labeling of GMO products. We want to know where our food is
coming from and how it has been produced. We am very concerned about the information we have
heard about the dangers of GMO foods and the lack of long tern scientific studies proving their safety.
We would prefer there were no GMO foods here. At the very least, we want to know what
products are GMO so we can avoid eating them.
One of the concerns we 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.
Sincerely,
James and Tracy Hedgecock e..�
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Ref. Date RE 17
12/5/2011