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Murashige, Laura
From: Joni Kamiya [jonikamiya @gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 6:29 AM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Testimony Against Bill 79 Related to the Regulation of GMO
Attachments: Testimonyagainst79.pdf
Please see the attached PDF for testimony.
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City Council for the Island of Hawaii
Testimony against Bill 79
July 2, 2013
Aloha City Council Members,
I am writing to you to seek that Bill 79 be killed. I will demonstrate below why I feel
this way.
Take a look at all of these photos. All were found on the social media from multiple
non-GMO, Organic Consumer Association, and other anti-GMO sites:
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along with all the other photos of GMOs:
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bad and make people scared which causes this to occur:
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Who did a huge favor to the papaya farmers around the state,whose livelihoods
were being hurt by this issue:
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Your very vocal constituents that have asked for this kind of bill, do not help people
but make otherwise normal people spread erroneous information that others start
to believe like:
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showing Bt toxin (same toxin in Papaya) transfers 2 blood & umbilical
cord blood.
(I do hope that you can see that Rachel Linden seriously doesn't realize that Bt is for
corn borers,which she doesn't know herself.)
Which leads to more people doing this:
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It saddens me to see how misled and ridiculou s it makes the average person,who
has suddenly become "educated" by the organic/anti-GMO lobby when they do this:
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(Note: Fauna is not the same as body flora,which she can't tell the difference.) It is
sad to see how they make people look so ignorant.
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lobby preys on with these powerful pictures�
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Bill 79 does not do anything but perpetuate fear and manipulation of the issue of
biotechnology and it's usefulness in agriculture. It continues to make more and
more people fearful of this new technology and the anti-GMO movement does not do
the public any favors with all the fear mongering propaganda. Their motive is to
prey on people's fear and ignorance, rather using education.
Not everyone is educated enough to see the big picture application of how this
technology can truly improve lives. We are lucky to have good nutrition and don't
suffer from vitamin deficiencies like these children:
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(Vitamin A deficiency blindness can potentially be prevented with GMO Golden Rice i in half a million children each year.)
The humanitarian benefits of biotechnology are real despite what is being told by
the anti-GMO supporters on the social media. As Bill Freese, from the Center for
Food Safety demonstrated on Olelo the other night, there is no plans for the anti-
GMOside to contribute to the feeding people. I guess that they want to continue to
deny the world a technolo: that could save lives:
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preventing GM food from starving people in Zambia and blocking
Golden rice.)
Of course, the advancements in the world are happening at a whirlwind speed while
science education has lagged in the public, making many people long for the past.
We don't live in the past and nor do we grow our food like this:
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If the Big Island City Council proceeds with passing Bill 79 on the basis of what these
people are telling you:
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And support the anti-GMO movement over the scientists,then it tells the public that
the Council supports this:
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Which then ultimately destroys the most valuable and ignored piece to the entire
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The FARMERS,who need our aloha and support.
We need more aloha in Hawaii,please don't pass Bill 79!
Sincerely,
Joni Kamiya
A farmer's daughter
***Note: All media provided on this testimony is available publicly for others to see
and currently on the internet and social media sites. The public can find this
information freely on various sites and are used as examples of what one may find
being said in the media.***