There is good science and bad science and over the years, GMO/G/E has been proven to be bad science with devastating results; a chain reaction to the environment. Their pesticides tilted the benefits from crops to that of hardy destructive weeds that retard the growth of crops; decimating crop production. The wayward effects run into plants animals, water, and human consumption; decimating food source and the production of healthy, edible, crops. Monsanto and similar companies manipulate science semantically to cover up its failure and endangerment to plant, animal, and human life.For complete article; go to:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/emsupermarket-newsem-fore_b_416861.htmlhttp://snipurl.com/u0xvc [Huffington Post]Posted: January 8, 2010 05:26 PMSupermarket News Forecasts Non-GMO UprisingFor a couple of years, the Institute for Responsible Technology has predicted that the US would soon experience a tipping point of consumer rejection against genetically modified foods; a change we're all helping to bring about. Now a December article in Supermarket News supports both our prediction and the role the Institute is playing."The coming year promises to bring about a greater, more pervasive awarenes" of the genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food supply, wrote Group Editor Robert Vosburgh, in a trade publication that conventional food executives and retailers use as a primary source of news and trends in the industry.He alerts supermarket executives that, "the growth of the organic (which bans GMO ingredients), local and green product categories reflects a generation of consumers who could be less tolerant of genetic modification."...the prestigious American Academy of Environmental Medicine urged doctors to prescribe non-GMO diets for all patients, based on evidence that GMOs fed to lab animals triggered diseases and disorders.GMO Rejection Will Be WidespreadGenetically modified (GM) foods, however, don't offer a single consumer benefit. The five major GMOs—soy, corn, cottonseed, canola, and sugar beets—are gene-spliced to either tolerate poisonous herbicides, or produce poisonous insecticides. Consumers never clamor for them.We're already seeing the momentum build against genetically engineered bovine growth hormone. Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Dannon, Yoplait, and most dairies have shunned the controversial drug that is now synonymous with "increased cancer risk" in the minds of many consumers. (The recent condemnation of the hormone by the American Public Health Association will help nail its coffin shut.)In the case of GMOs, the proportion of US consumers needed to avoid brands that contain GM soy and corn, etc. is quite small--probably only 5%. That means that the purchasing power (and trend setting ability) of 15 million people or 5.6 million households can turn GMOs into a marketing liability. But when you look at the numbers, no matter how you slice it, they add up to a coming non-GMO tidal wave.
Hawaiian Agriculture science is just as valid as U.S. western science. Be cognizant of GMO or GE drawbacks and dangers which is documented throughout the world as is in the U.S. GMO should be banned in Hawai'i and especially the tampering of our "haloa" crop producing which is unique to our sustenance, culture, and heritage. Above all it needs to be protected from outside elitist interests. We need to secure this important crop in Hawai'i for prosperity and inheritance of our future generations. It should be protected from foreign invasive fauna and flora which enter our islands. GMO is out of the question in allowing its existance in Hawai'i. I support a bill to protect our taro/kalo from GMO and invasive species that attempt to alter or assault our indispensable crop of Hawai'i.
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