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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0271.320 2012-2014 Page 1 of 1 Murashige, Laura COUNTY CLERK J COUNTY Or HAWAII From: GoodVibes7 [goodvibes1378 @yahoo.com] 7013 JUN 28 NI 9: 46 Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:59 PM To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us; Ford, Brenda; Kanuha, Dru; Onishi, Dennis; Ilagan, Greggor; goodvibes1378 @yahoo.com; Yoshimoto, J; Eoff, Karen; Wille, Margaret; Poindexter, Valerie; Kern, Zendo Subject: Let the GMO-papaya FIASCO be a lesson to the Big Island. One definition of insanity is repeatedly making the same mistake, yet expecting a better outcome. We are indeed insane if we let the self-serving corporations further poison us. We learned with the papayas that the main contamination of wholesome papaya trees occurred inadvertently by air GMO POLLEN flow traveling by wind, insects, animals, & humans. Flesh of the fruit may remain wholesome ... while any number of the seeds inside it become GMO ro unknown to the farmer. Subsequent trees from these seeds then are basically GMO. For nearly a decade now the University of Hawaii has been substantially unresponsive to this conundrum. Why should we believe anything will change regarding the dozens of new GMO concoctions with which the corporations want to experiment here? Comm. No. a:11 . 3 2.o Ref. To: y£1'T�/ Ref. Date JUL 2 2I1l3 6/28/2013 Page 1 of 2 COUWTY c*u A Atl Murashige, Laura COUNTY ;, From: GoodVibes7 [goodvibes1378 @yahoo.com] 209 jj� 28 9: 47 Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 2:51 PM To: Ford, Brenda; counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us; Kanuha, Dru; Onishi, Dennis; Ilagan, Greggor; goodvibes1378 @yahoo.com; Yoshimoto, J; Eoff, Karen; Wille, Margaret; Poindexter, Valerie; Kern, Zendo Subject: Other countries condemn GMO. Let's hope Hawaii's politicians wake up to the reality of GMO catastrophe: More countries abandon GM seeds, crops in response to widespread public disapproval Posted by The Watcher on June 21, 2013 in categories Editors' picks. Genetic engineering r dIVIIIIP .. ' r 4 4 'ax i r c ' SUP 40//' -,' fit Amik.' t il ... . ;Or:14' .., f!" .-.. o.oi':- iiii._ 4° '';.....„ ',„* ..... ° -** 4#4,, ,' ',°i, 44, ,o ' "'o- . ',.„ ,- ,. , u ff ¢ s t i } ms 'y� i F w3 -'r ,,,,' .,. ,,,,,,,,,.,Two more countries have taken a bold stand against genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), according to new reports. The South American nation of Venezuela is currently in the process of crafting legislation to bar transgenic seeds and crops from entering the country, while biotechnology giant Monsanto has completely withdrawn all of its business efforts from the European nation of Denmark, where food companies and the genera public have wholly rejected GMOs. As reported by Venezuela's Prensa Latina, the nation's leaders recognize the dangers inherent in adopting transgenic agricultural technologies, particularly with regards to plant diversity and food sovereignty. In order to sustain its rich agricultural heritage, in other words, Venezuela knows that it must place strict limits on its seed market, and support the efforts of small 6/28/2013 Page 2 of 2 farmers who are the bread and butter of its clean food supply. "The new legislation would protect small and medium producers,favor the use of seeds for the environment and human health, and the creation of an institution working on the topic,"explained Venezuela's Socialist Deputy Alfredo Urena about the changes. He went on to add that laws regulating against transgenic seeds and technological packages are needed to protect both the food supply and human. In similar news, Denmark has all but completely phased out GMOs as well.Though not technically illegal there, GMOs have never really been accepted by either the public or food companies in Denmark. Even Monsanto,which is known for using sleight of hand to force public acceptance of GMOs in countries like the U.S., has been unsuccessful in maintaining any sort of business presence in the European country. "It is not really very surprising when you consider that chemistry company BASF stopped their biotech experiments in Europe in 2012 and that agro company Syngenta moved their studies several years earlier,"says Klaus Sall, a GMO industry expert, in reference to Monsanto's quiet decision to withdraw from Denmark. "This will have an impact on the international dissemination of genetically modified crops on a global scale." Americans need to wake up and take a stand against GMOs Other countries still in acceptance of GMOs,which include the U.S. and Canada,will hopefully take the lead of both Venezuela and Denmark in protecting their own food sovereignty. Besides the fact that GMOs are owned by a small cohort of multinational corporations with complete control over their use, GMOs have never been properly safety tested.And virtually all independent studies thus far conducted on them have revealed incredible dangers both to the environment and to humans. "There are a number of studies throughout the world which affirm that the health of humans and animals may be impacted when they consume genetically-modified foods,"added Urena during an interview. "This is a Law on Seeds that is anti-GMOs, because it is not only Venezuela, but the whole world that is saying that we cannot continue supporting GMOs, not only for the use of food and consumption, but for their technology that makes use of agro-chemical fertilizers." http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2013/06/21 /more-countries- abandon-gm-seeds-crops-in-response-to-widespread-public- disapproval/ 6/28/2013 Page 1 of 1 Murashige, Laura COUNTY CLERK COUNTY flr-- HAWAII From: GoodVibes7 [goodvibes1378 @yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 3:17 PM 2013 JUN 28 All 9: 116 To: Ford, Brenda; counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us; Kanuha, Dru; Onishi, Dennis; Ilagan, Greggor; goodvibes1378 @yahoo.com; Yoshimoto, J; Eoff, Karen; Wille, Margaret; Poindexter, Valerie; Kern, Zendo Subject: 70% abortion rate in cattle fed GMO corn & Round-Up-ready soybeans This is an hour-long interview with an agricultural soil scientist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4swW9OFmf8 6/28/2013 Page 1 of 1 COUNTY CLERK Murashige, Laura COUNTY PF 40 1411 From: J Yoshimoto [jyoshimoto@co.hawaii.hi.us] 2013 JUN 28 AN S: 01 Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 3:51 PM To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us Subject: FW: please reject GMO - thank you From: GoodVibes7 [mailto:goodvibes1378©yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:25 PM To: undisclosed recipients: Subject: please reject GMO " thank you + ILLEGAL GM MAIZE: BURN OR RETURN A shipment of US animal feed intercepted in Dublin Port and later in Rotterdam entered the EU illegally as part of a cargo contaminated by a whole series of unauthorized and toxic varieties of GM maize. The Netherlands must find and remove the maize from the market, says the European Commission. The Netherlands says it will return, or burn, the maize. http://www.lobbvwatch.orq/archive2.asp?arcid=7821 http://www.lobbvwatch.orq/archive2.asp?arcid=7865 http://www.lobbywatch.orq/archive2.asp?arcid=7854 http://www.lobbywatch.orq/archive2.asp?arcid=7919 ECONOMIC LOSSES: CHINA + CHINA SENTENCES FOOD AND DRUG CHIEF TO DEATH The disgraced head of China's food and drug agency has been sentenced to death amid a wave of consumer safety scandals that have rippled across the world. http://www.lobbvwatch.orq/archive2.asp?arcid=7943 3/21 MONTHLY REVIEW No. 45 Sunday,03 June 2007 14:45 + CHINA THREATENED BY CONFIDENCE MELTDOWN China faces a global challenge to maintain consumer confidence in its products following a series of health scares, a senior EU official said. US consumers have been alarmed by a spate of pet deaths blamed on tainted wheat gluten, while rice protein exported from China has been found to contain illegal GM contamination. GM Watch comment: Like the US, China has never approved the commercial growing of GM rice, but GM contamination is damaging its exports and compounding a lack of confidence in Chinese products. http://www.lobbvwatch.orq/archive2.asp?arcid=7913 + GREEK CONFISCATION OF CHINESE RICE Greece has ordered the confiscation of 88 tons of Chinese rice protein meal because it contains an unapproved GM event(Bt 63). Another 90 tons of Chinese product is being held awaiting test results. Border authorities will have the product destroyed or re-exported. http://www.lobbvwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=7827 6/28/2013 Council Testimony From : GoodVibes7 <goodvibes1378@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 9:52 AM 2013 AL - �� �� '- ~- _,-v To: undisclosed recipients: Subject: GMO: Federal collusion at the highes levels. Subject: GMO: Not even a fox is guarding our chicken coop. Quoted in The New 1998, "Playing God in the Garden"), Philip Monsanto's director of corporate communications, stated. "Monsanto shouldn't have to vouchsafe thesafeh/ of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA's job." From the Federal Register, Volume 57, No.104, "Statement of [FDA] Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties," here is what the FDA had to say on this matter: "Ultimately, it is the food producer who is responsible for assuring safety." Michael R. Taylor, formerly Monsanto's Vice President for Public Policy, is now the Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the FDA. 1