HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0271.724 2012-2014 Council Testimony
From: larry gering <dktrgl @hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 8:42 PM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: GMO
hi councilors-just a friendly reminder that more deaths and ill-health
will come from cigarettes, alcohol, car accidents, boat accidents,
legal drugs, illegal drugs, drugs in the jungles of Hawaii, domestic
violence, unnecessary operations in hospitals, and a litany of other
accidents than from eating products that have GMO crops in their
ingredients. GMOs are sustainable, organic, non-GMOS are not
sustainable. GMOs can make an immediate economic impact and
organic, non-GMOs will take decades, if ever, to have any significant
impact on the economy of the Big Island. GMOs are affordable, non-
GMOs are not. GMOs are broad-based, non-GMOs are a niche industry.
Label the products and / or put the issue on the 2014 paper ballot and
let the island make the decision, not 9 members on a council who know
very little about farming/ agriculture / owning a business.
I'm 70 years old and as healthy as anyone on the council or in the state
and I grew up eating GMO meat, eggs, veggies, fruit.
mahalo
tarry gering
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