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From: Lindsey Vona [poeticwonderproductions@gmail.co gp NT? -nF AWAII
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 MO AM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us 7
2013 HAY I 3 MI 1:0 1
Subject: on Big Island GMO Ordinance
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Hsase support this importnth bill to o'crnibit genetically mcdiff]_ed crcjanisif.s ! Thr.s .1 s
Onportant in Hawall ' s fragile ecosystem.
2h, le is absolutely no Gooe reesok dhy MMO ANYTHILla oI Monsanto ANi°712b1WC should b ailoweal
' n the tawajar
ak askina too 10e) solidarity trcg the council members to protect this lgaglie
Nosyst..or and 'eod system for the cabrent and tutute 'Aenerakions
nith regards t.o All of the organisms livibi: in Hawal .
hatk you, Llnosey Sons
22ki to tgeta letter from the elrts below, if you can . Target it to speicithe Corer ri
members if you have time Details below. Thank you
THeoe will be a Li bind of Dill 19, An ordinance amending Chapter 14 of the Nanah ' i County
Pde 198. 3 (2005 Ed' riort, as .:e'tehded , hy aogiha a new article re attnq to Prohibit.. . 0n ot
tienet . cally moelfOtd
.. ".',A,_;[.±31-1AS written by CouncipeeksoN Margtoew Wille. 9: n0 a.m. , May
in Public Safety & Mass Transit Committee. Testifiers in snpport trio ci. Li ara neeaed.
When you testify in person, pLease identify your council district and eonnci1Person.
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sew the bill :
kr' 1: : //kecords . codn,waii .hi . r.s/WeblinP'l /n/doc/7e9?:00/Pagel . aspx
testif.y in person or submit test . ;:
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g ! Jdhed H-3 a list of poit-iLs roar cocci. 'testimony to boost the asdeptanse the kill] .
01--Iii Members who need p-ar -aula: attention:
:fisr--or:L ct l (Pu 'ue'o, Wainaku, Wa ' wik ; , 2uka 'a, Papa ' ton, Onomea, Pepe ' eaes, got.emo,
Wil : lea, Hakalau, Ninole, Papa ' aoa, so 42lnoenoe, Wasanalei, Oaks La, ha ' ahug,
lonota 'a, i<ukuihaeie, WalpOo, Ahaalua, Port-ion et Nal-rue:la, Pleasant Ackes, NanL Waimea,
Namuela Highlands, Famacra Lakeland, Nan-re-- a Meaecws, Wamuela HLIVS) , Yaterle Po Ctdeort :'
2 Mowntowe Nilo, "eoyfgont, Pertion of WalCkea Houseists, Nniversry
Comm. N91 • ( tJ
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Rof. Cote Y 1 42O1
Nimohana bfardcbs, Puttiou kt WaiCkea-Uka, ( gha(i-11u, Mohoull , Ainaf.o, a•parta,
Wailuku, Wal((fnuebaa, , 1 . I sin:foie
b1strict 3 (South Hilo, Kea uib , IN t' s bnishi (voted againt P1,10 rosbbiTi -h)•
istfi :t 4 (11bit(arn Purg(, , bs bub v
b1strWct t (Wtsterr Pinou , .(ondo (Wein
1nis is an opporthlty fOr to brubb(a our islahi. Piease N p.
1aerie
-Htfee Bia island
•are Hayward
to, Hawaii 9672n
bk ow are points ( t. , boost lrom tbsu' imony:
ION 1 , (1 ; ,, b11 rh-tvat 'a : o cstab ' sh pri ' bio . s pnd sateaafos•
g the rEsa.aron, 1 -stiing afd mor ' a.t1fg of (a:\lb."4,"
The biotech RN tuaTt. , has ilmb fined in (41'41) Hcbborters that WC uppro7a1 le
rigorous and
countless - nst Nast showb thi sgiaftv of (114. b ir l ' t t0011, Ltat -o-
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possible, akd tbete has hover been docibenaaiioi uf unyche snfoor ( ng
tnjury by eating
CMOs . Testittbny • Lee:led io snow qtberhmehi ' s tailbs,
c protoc:, inoml( taab :guy
argument fro: some of ((b: .
1aX1(T1ON I, (3) This is ufao btmeibb-.btu' home t filar utot orev :(ntlf,-]
L,re-emption. Tne Pica itla
corporgaions floafeb a b fhls past iegislatnre "Ria-tttt To Farm" ttova
nuisance claims CNN.ri "uaeptathle uar1calairal blactice "
With toxfs
sprays fot examp •to dna c1her reasons to prertT ccantt, orbihuhues .
grttilr
:meded here.
btabbfUIN ((b "'uo mils* minfult M. oat uomma.fi ' y ci oamh_i- ive heualtov imuatv it the
tiveru1_ balad io.(6)afd
I future ((mt.( rtimtts:'" 1esiimovo
cou1b I ,tobt.1 bf1b olae bNla h titg,C.111S
c:bessive program:run- 1
spra',( ,h4 ci k1tafndUb ob foo
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research seed :xro:a ng
en9ifsnmeht that gig, _ fungicides, ..- rui:_ : ies ar:a
pesticides to bring C1T'O see nn
to market 4or biotech carpor. t ! or:s .
▪ _I_UN . , uaot_s i hen trafainio.r Lonsisteht _ :I f' s
lenera1 plan of promoting a ., deli
Where ecohomif gains arc Ca balance ' r social_ and physicai ,a r.'c ` _. .
estimony
about _ C_ _ -ern , _,_ir om'_ :Jain at the _ peopi, ,
ir.d ulna and the
opportunities in to .r sig, sr ou ,_s, image, _lobs, that r, f6T. mode:, of
sustainability
provides .
▪ TI I N 1 , 9) p _ tec-t ng Lhe right _et =0 be CPC contaminated, and
ese in,, riarket . lea t ir.:.�.
an TbC 2crtarmr _t events, et1efts om r_ekeeoe, s, organic growers
.:ai aipa) etc. to strafe -he ifvasivehess of CMOs.
i:CTI IN 1 , (10) tifftureof frog. expensise e fads cats-_r ar.0 environmental -lean-'up from
ar:controllable
C ott arTd rat i ;"i. le sLi on', showing that the Hawaii Cepl cl
lydchiture has no plat_
fo a--a_ with on. anrfr:a _._, _hat ta9 payers wicl have _ rte ,_ the N. s it
this issue
is not aoter;: ed to.
rcirt. T1 ON 1, !1 ' 2C1 Dept_ of AgrichltLre h4s suggeste.l that growers who may n'a- ter 6:10
contamination rarry _top uro c -on _ns Sance, shifting the burden Ir; cohtaminotcr
to the victim. Testimony 4bctt ho., d_ P*_,u1t it is to make a profit _Lrom tyrtUcal lc .a,
farming without tr:t added fainurnHal buncien of crop losses from sontablnailft..
Organic papaya growers were advisod to iincur the , . r -xnc r a :, burden of r . xgic'I 'Theft r:a -a_ ,
t-lowers.
._;CTION 13) & 4 , brobcf The 1 - N ' from extwshfe fc lr40s .
6estimony citing re.,ear cr. r,
s'aperweeds and insect r..: s stance, repeating the same cycle ._if agr_ c1_ltur?at tiarf.:,re, and
1 4 ` preserving cur small Island' s natlye escsystems, land and sea.
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