HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0393.387 2012-2014 Page 1 of 1
COL , 1TY CLERK j
Murashige, Laura cn11° q'u
From: jlmkona @aol.com 2013 NOV 1 5 AM 10: 5
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:46 PM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Bill 113
To County Council Members re Bill 113:
I am completely opposed to Bill 113. The entire rationale and justification
for this measure is that the County has an apparent public trust obligation
to protect our "organic" food supplies from possible pollution or
contamination, in this case by non-organically grown crops.
The Bill as proposed contains not a single shred of scientific evidence or
support that this has happened or will happen or could happen on Hawaii
island. And in quite the contrary example, the Bill exempts GMO papaya
production because of its pervasiveness, but apparently in this very
specific example there has not been any evidence of the horrors of GMO
contamination the Council is so eager to forestall.
The official scientific agencies with responsibilities for examination of
food production safety has not found evidence of what the Council
alleges, and have basically determined that organic and non-organic crops
are essentially the same.
The real motive behind this Bill has more to do with social engineering
than science.
Please vote "no" on this misconstrued and fear inducing Bill.
Thank you,
John Mason
Kailua-Kona
Comm. No. 313. 3?/
Ref.To: P/COUn ci/
Ref. Date NOV 19 2013
11/15/2013