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From: Deborah Sevy [transformation @hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:06 PM
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Subject: Please Label GMO products!
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.
Thank you,
Deborah Sevy
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Comm. No. 5180. 3
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Ref. Date DEC 0 2011
12/5/2011