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From: Josephine Keliipio [j.lilinoe @gmail.com] 2013 JUN 12 AN 11: 31
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:08 AM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Testimony in support of Bill 79 to ban further GMO development in Hawaii County
Dear County Council members,
I am sending you some early testimony IN SUPPORT of Bill 79 that bans further GMO development on
Hawaii Island. My testimony here includes the article below that speaks of a new peer-reviewed study
that was just released yesterday on June 11, 2013. It shows that pigs who were fed Genetically Modified
feed suffered from stomach inflammation. The new study lends scientific credibility to claims by farmers
and veterinarians, who have for years reported reproductive and digestive problems in livestock fed on a
diet containing GM soy and corn."
""For as long as GM crops have been in the feed supply, we have seen increasing digestive and
reproductive problems in animals. Now it is scientifically documented." said Iowa-based farmer and crop and
livestock advisor Howard Vlieger, one of the coordinators of the study."
If these pigs are suffering from stomach problems due to consuming GM food, can you imagine how
many of us are suffering from stomach problems and don't realize that it could be caused by the GM
food that we are eating? Is that why there are so many drugs out there like Tums, Maalox, Prilosec,
Zantac, Pepto Bismol, etc. to supposedly ease our gastric problems? IN LIGHT OF THIS RECENT
STUDY IT WOULD BE VERY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF YOU AS MEMBERS OF THE
COUNTY COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST BILL 79.
Please read the article and PASS Bill 79.
Mahalo,
Josephine Keliipio
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
http://www.examiner.coin/article/genetical ly-modified-organisms-gmos-shown-to-cause-organ-damage-
new-study
Genetically modified organisms
(GMOs) shown to cause organ
damage in new study
FOOD NEWS
JUNE 11, 2013
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Pigs that ate the genetically modified feed in the study
Advertisement had a markedly higher instance of stomach
inflammation than pigs on a non-GMO diet. Female
pigs in the study had on average a 25 percent heavier
uterus than non-GMO-fed females, an indicator of
disease that requires further investigation.
According to Dr. Carman and her team, the research
results were striking and statistically significant.
"Our findings are noteworthy for several reasons," said
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Dr. Carman. "First, we found these results in real on-
farm conditions, not in a laboratory, but with the added
benefit of strict scientific controls that are not normally
present on farms."
"Second, we used pigs. Pigs with these health
problems end up in our food supply... pigs also have a
similar digestive system to people, so we need to
investigate if people are also getting digestive
problems from eating GM crops."
The researchers found these adverse effects when they fed the animals a mixture of crops containing three
distinct genetically modified genes and the new proteins that these genes produce in food crops like corn
and soy.
Dr. Carman was quick to point out that no food regulator in the world currently requires a safety assessment
for the possible toxic effects of mixtures of genetically modified genes in the food supply. Regulators simply
assume that they can't happen.
Our results provide clear evidence that regulators need to safety assess GM crops
containing mixtures of GM genes, regardless of whether those genes occur in the one
GM plant or in a mixture of GM plants eaten in the same meal.
The new study lends scientific credibility to claims by farmers and veterinarians, who have for
years reported reproductive and digestive problems in livestock fed on a diet containing GM soy and
corn.
"For as long as GM crops have been in the feed supply, we have seen increasing digestive and reproductive
problems in animals. Now it is scientifically documented." said Iowa-based farmer and crop and livestock
advisor Howard Vlieger, one of the coordinators of the study.
Find the full paper in the peer-revied Journal of Organic Systems: http://www.organic-
systems.orqiiournal/81/81 O6.pdf
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