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Murashige, Laura Coutga
From: Amara Karuna [amara @mindspring.com]
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Subject: Support GMO Labeling, HSAC Communication 480
RE: Support GMO Labeling
I am strong 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.
Hawaii is a delicate ecosystem and deserves to have it's genetic purity preserved without diluting it
with modified organisms. Once these organisms have been released into the environment, we will be
stuck with them always. 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
he transferred to the host, resulting in unintended consequences, such as resistance to antibiotics.
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