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From: Alasandra Star[alasandras @yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 5:17 PM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
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Subject: RE: Support GMO Labeling, HSAC Communication 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.
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